92 3.0 rwd drums in the rear

[92longranger]

I’ve been having a clicking noise since I slammed on brakes to avoid hitting a squirrel. It was coming from the rear of the truck. Jack and up both wheels in the rear and spin them they spin fine. Start the truck up block front wheels have my daughter put it in gear tires spin freely left is kinda grabby. Tell her to apply brakes and the passenger wheel spins freely the drivers side is kind of slowing down and has a clicking noise. So either both cylinders are bad or the brakes need to be bled? Going to try to bleed in the a.m and see what happens.

 

[adsm08]

I don't think this is a bleeding thing. Take the drums off and inspect the guts.

 

[RonD]

+1 ^^^ remove the drums and have a look

Do you see any fluid leaking from one rear wheel?

 

[Dangerrangers]

∆ what he said . Pull the drums ,u probably have a broken spring assembly .

 

[92longranger]

No fluid leaking from either tire. I removed the drums today didn’t notice anything out of the ordinary will check again tomm and report back.

 

[92longranger]

So i checked the drums all springs where in place i took apart brake cylinders they were gooped up cleaned them reinstalled and bled the rear brakes and it’s still not stopping the wheels when i hit the brakes. It would only drip fluid from both sides when bleeding i could never get a steady stream off fluid. Front brakes work fine.

 

[92longranger]

Also had my wife pressing the brakes while i was attempting to bleed the brakes and the cylinders were not even moving.

 

[Curious Hound]

Sounds like the flexible lines going to your wheel cylinders are swollen on the inside. Take one loose where it attaches to the hard line on the axle and see if fluid freely leaks out of the hard line. If it does that but doesn't come out of the bleeders when open, then the hose is the problem. The hoses are easy to replace and don't cost much.

 

[92longranger]

Ok I’m gonna try that out.

 

[92longranger]

Ok so i detached 1 hard line from the little square piece that the rubber flexible line screws into. Both rear brake hard lines are screwed into the little square pc. Looks like only 1 flexible line is screwed into it. I got a drop of brake fluid no stream coming from that box

 

[92longranger]

Ok so i did that wrong i detached the metal lines after the rubber flexible hose. So i went out and detached the metal hose before the rubber flexible hose. Still no fluid just a few drops. So the fluid is not even getting back that far. I had my wife depress the brake pedal then i unscrewed it and just a few drops of fluid came out.

 

[Curious Hound]

You did good. I my reference to hoses going to wheel cylinders was for the front. The rear just has the one hose going from frame to splitter block. Sorry about that. I'm pretty sure everything is hard tubing from there to the front of the truck. There could be a problem with the abs valve, if you have abs, or the master cylinder. The and valve is often mounted to the frame on the driver side, pretty far forward, around the area of the transmission.

Eric B

 

[92longranger]

Changed out u joints on drive shaft clicking noise solved. Now to check the RAB unit for the rear brake problem. Thanks for the help guys