Drum Brake Rebuild Kit | 1964-1966 V8 Mustang 

I'll never forget when I was a little kid, the hardship my dad had replacing the drum brakes and rebuilding the brake cylinders on his 66 Ford truck for the very first time in his life. I have much more respect for him for what he went through because he didn't have a youtube vid to watch and he just had to figure it out for himself. Although he wasn't an auto mechanic he "did it" and I am very proud of him for it! Way to go Pop! Thanks CJ Pony Parts for providing a vid on this and not making me struggle through this the way my dad had to back in the day! :)

I've been nervous to change my 67 Mustang watching this video When I get home from work today there coming off thank you 🙏🏽

Please do a video on 1966 mustang emergency brake complete system replace. Thanks

Great video. IF I could get my front drums off, I could rebuild them. lol

thanks for refresher... im doing this job for my 67 rambler american... you make it look easy.... it will probably take me all day...

Excellent video. Takes the "fear" out of drum brake replacement. Many thanks. Oh! Might not hurt to give an idea of what CJ brake kits would cost. Just a suggestion.

I can't believe all of the rust and shit under such a beautiful car , my 1965 XP Falcon doesn't have a skerik of rust under the body , I spray her with Fisholine every 3 or 4 months without fail . It's easier than getting it cut out , been there done that before . Great video

thanks guys...i had a locking rear drum.. ..i bought the tools.. new springs and wheel cylinders.. 👍 looked at the pads/linings... 2 BIG ones on one side...2 small ones on the other side of car😢 POOP i love fixing other peoples messes Video helped with all those pesky springs 😎

Very helpful video! Only thing I have left to do on my 66 mustang brakes is the rubber lines.

Great video as always. I wish your customer service didn’t suck so bad I’d go back to ordering things from CJ

Very helpful video for Foxbodies as well, pretty much the same.

I love the videos! They help a ton!! You guys should do a door weatherstrip replacement. I don't know how to do it, and that whistle on the freeway is driving me crazy!! Thanks!!

Video really helps was only replacing the wheel cylinder but a good step by step take off and put back on video

Thanks CJ Pony Parts! I love all of your videos and parts. They help me out so much on my mustang.

In this video, the adjuster plate and cable were missing and not replaced on the front brakes. I did not notice this at first and sent the video to a friend who was rebuilding drum brakes for the first time. It really messed him up and wasted a lot of his time trying to figure out what the extra parts were for. Please edit the video or at least add some captions referencing this for future viewers. Thanks.

The yellow return spring must be installed at the secondary shoe (aft). The blue spring has less tension for earlier engagement of primary shoe. (self energizing servo brakes)

These videos are awesome thank you. This is going to make reassembly easy, since I can't find my pictures!

Best drum rebuild video!! Thank you.

On my 69 the front brake lines make getting the nuts for the backing plate for the cylinders freaking impossible to get out

Great video! So there's no automatic adjuster on the front brakes?

I see you put your old drum back on. It looks like no one sells the hub or a hub/drum assembly. Plenty of people sell the drum itself. Is there a way to remove that old hub and repress it into a new drum? My Drum is cracked.

Good job! On the top spring post shouldn't there be a diamond shaped washer that goes behind the spring ends? I also noticed that you didn't wear plastic gloves and got grease all over the brake shoes. Cheers

Oh and a Wing window replacement! THANKS!!!!

So the front doesn't have a adjusting cable?

Te faltó poner el resorte horizontal de retroceso de Zapata que va abajo del cilindro de rueda, te faltó el cable de ajuste y exlavon y el resorte de ajuste no va en esa posición saludos,desde México buen día 😊

I would love to know where you found those extremely soft brake shoe hold down springs to secure the shoes to the backing plate. I have to fight with them every time.

So I have a 67 with 6 Cylinder. The wheel cylinders on the rear do not have those pins. Instead the shoe goes directly into the cylinder. Is this normal for a 6 cylinder compared to the V8s because of the smaller drum?

i have a 65 mustang 4 lug wjeels are all 4 wheel cylinders the same 4 lug or 5 lug

Why did you not install the self adjusting plate and cable? The brakes won't self adjust without those and I'd really hate to be manually adjusting my brakes.

Not self adjusting brakes on the front?

why no self adjuster on the fronts? is this optional?

where do you find the spring tool? What about the little tool that you put the first spring on when you started reassembly.

excelent video friend very explanied cool mustang nice job.

Great video, very clear on showing the process. Music is what most music is on instructional video's - annoying but at least not too bad. I want to add 2 things though : 1. Always wear a rubber gloves. Solvents, oil, grease, dirt, etc. gets under the skin and can and will cause health problems. Its no joke, old age hand and arm issues can be traced back to this many times. rubber gloves are cheap, doctor visits are expensive so avoid getting on your hand and thank me later :-) 2. the front brake hose looked really bad on a video. Cracked rubber and rusty fittings. Its a good idea to change them as the rubber ages and it will collapse on the inside causing brake loss. It did happen to me on a less then 20 y/o vehicle. We adjusted the brakes, put everything new on it and still had spotty brakes and sticky brakes. It was down to a collapsed rubber hose ! Its a cheap insurance, every time a full rebuild is done, put a new rubber hose on a car. At about $15 each its the best thing to avoid further problems. Thank you for the video, will show it to aspiring DIY's in a future.

What grease was used on the spindle? Looked different than the high temp grease.

Hello, I have a 1966 Ford Fairlane 500. My question is, the parts that you replaced on the Mustang, do they fit my vehicle? I'm not a mechanic and I want to do the work myself, thank you. Also, very well explained, thank you sir for sharing. 👍😎

Amazing video

what an awesome video !!!! Thanks Bill...I just bought a 1966 Coup to restore (its already 90% done so good first project ) and this is going to help alot

Excellent video. Thank you!

for me it's easier to connect top, & side springs then hook up bottom including adjusters last. takes all the fight out of the job.

Thank you so much this is the video I was looking for !! Great videos ! :-)

I'm rebuilding my 65 Mustang front brakes but new brake drum is different size. NEW (Raybestos 1634R): 4" deep (outside), 2 7/8" inside; 12 1/2" outside dia. OLD (C3DA1125B): 3 1/4" deep (outside), 2 5/8" inside; 11 5/8" outside dia. They are both 10" inside dia. Have they changed something? Also my car does not have the self adjusting brake set parts. Was this a stock item and someone leave it out when doing a brake job? Should I buy a new kit and install it?

6:53 i wouldnt sugguest grease maybe antiseeze but the grease would collect brake dust and evenually do the oppisite of what its supposed to do

Hey Bill, I notice something now after doing mine. Yours did not show or seem to come with front self adjusters. My kit did and it threw me for a loop. I guess it makes sense but the question is, did some years NOT have them or is yours missing ?

Well done, good video.

This will work on a 1961 Thunderbird right?

I bought all the replacement brake parts from CJ for my 1966 Mustang V8 rear brakes and the parking brake shoe link is 1/4 inch too long Any ideas why. CJ Pony has NO tech support and doesnt call you back?????

Bill...I have the same exact front brake drum you show (smooth side) yet; all the replacements I see have a ribbed rim (large ribs). How can I replace one just like what you show? If I get one from CJ pony with the ribs, will it throw things off/fit?

Why does my car have an adjuster plate and cable on the front brakes

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

Good demonstration. Informative. [hate the music]

Wheres the self adjusters on the front with the cable? tis tis shame

What is that adjuster called

There is a safer, faster, easier, tool free way to change drum breaks. Yea I said tool free. This will not include the wheel cylinder. I'll tell ya how to put them on. Taking them off is just the opposite so... figure it out. 1. Connect spring to the top of rear shoe. 2. Tilt shoe w/the top near the base of the post on the dust cover. This will allow the spring to easily fit around the post. 3. Twist the shoe to the proper orientation. At this point put the wheel cylinder push rod in with one hand holding it until it's in the shoe. The top will pop in place around the post with little effort and guidance. 4. Install retaining pin and spring. I've shown many people how to do this, 50% or so can do it by hand. If you can't, use a tool. 5. Install the top of the front shoe the same way. Do not install the retainer spring yet! 6. Install the bottom spring to both shoes. 7. Connect the collapsed slack adjuster to the rear shoe w/the other end behind the spring. 5. Tilt the middle of the front shoe out again, pull away from the back shoe and the slack adjuster will fit in. 9. Install the front retaining spring and your done. Try it. It works. With practice it can be done in 5 to 10 min. per drum.

it's ok if you have a little silence on a auto repair vid. seems like you filled every second with music

The battle...purist says of course keep the drum brakes...thats how the car came...the mod man / safety mindset says change them out....

Were is the bearings

I made a big mistake. After removing everything I cleaned all the pieces and then got them mixed up. I did manage to get everything back together but I noticed that the adjusting wheels screw in and out differently. I think 1 is right threaded and the other left threaded and I don't know which is used on what wheel. If anyone can enlighten me I would be most appreciative.

Front does 85 percent of work. Most driving short of autocross will never see. Benifit

I am having the same problems as Trevor????

he forgot to install wire for self adjuster

Music is so irritating.

Good vid, but please cut the cringe worthy loud music that distracts horribly.

*trevan

man, electric guitars, crash cymbals, 5 string bass, man. . . . .and then he talks with no energy. kinda' mis-matched enthusiasm. really though, it would be better with just the guy doing the work talking.

Had to put it on mute