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Rear Brakes Question


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I am installing rear brake cylinders, shoes, drums, rear flex lines, and handbrake cables.

Q:  Is there any need to replace top coil/tension spring (cheap [~$3 ea.]), bottom straight/tension spring (pricey [~$18 ea.), and top spacer bar/thrust rod (really pricey [~$35 ea.])?

Thanks.

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17 minutes ago, 2002#3 said:

I am installing rear brake cylinders, shoes, drums, rear flex lines, and handbrake cables.

Q:  Is there any need to replace top coil/tension spring (cheap [~$3 ea.]), bottom straight/tension spring (pricey [~$18 ea.), and top spacer bar/thrust rod (really pricey [~$35 ea.])?

Thanks.

 

That really depends on their condition? That spacer bar shouldn't need to be replaced unless it's really f'd.  The springs you could probably get away without replacing, but for that cheap, why not just do it?  

1972 2002tii // 2008 M3

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Run them under a bench wire wheel and paint them

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73 Tii stock build, Porsche Macan   , E46 330i Florida driver, 

….and like most of us, way too many (maybe 30 at last count) I wish I hadn't sold ?

 

 

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