with this tool....doing rear brakes on a 10.25 can actually be "easy"

[towcat]

15 mins each side. including swapping out wheel cylinders. visual illustration done on the easy side. the side with the e-brake arm in the way is where this tool really shines. yes, there's always the screwdriver and pliers crowd, but this is consistent.

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[Cubey]

Yep. It’s amazing how hard it is to find that tool. It’s the “Bendix” brake tool. I had a 78 Dodge with a Dana 60 with the Bendix brakes too.

I ordered a Blue Point one (looks like yours) from Snap On a few years ago, but i couldn’t find it listed online back in March of this year. I left mine in storage out of state and needed one again for this truck.

There is a cheaper version on Amazon that I ordered but ended up not using yet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002YKI95C/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The brake shoes the guy gave me with the truck that were supposed to fit it, were passenger car sized. I had too many other expenses and the shoes had lots of life left so I left them alone.

 

[towcat]

http://www.skywaytools.com/lock-technology-lt-880-truck-brake-spring-installer/

at $9.80 plus ship, you should have this in your toolbox!

 

[towcat]

Yep. It’s amazing how hard it is to find that tool. It’s the “Bendix” brake tool. I had a 78 Dodge with a Dana 60 with the Bendix brakes too.

I ordered a Blue Point one (looks like yours) from Snap On a few years ago, but i couldn’t find it listed online back in March of this year. I left mine in storage out of state and needed one again for this truck.

There is a cheaper version on Amazon that I ordered but ended up not using yet.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002YKI95C/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The brake shoes the guy gave me with the truck that were supposed to fit it, were passenger car sized. I had too many other expenses and the shoes had lots of life left so I left them alone.

i own the solid handle tool, it is cumbersome with the sterling axle due to the presence of the hub assy. on a dana axle where it's imperative to remove the hub and drum, the fixed handle is good there.

 

[Cubey]

i own the solid handle tool, it is cumbersome with the sterling axle due to the presence of the hub assy. on a dana axle where it's imperative to remove the hub and drum, the fixed handle is good there.

I had to buy the special ratcheting spindle nut socket for my f250 because one of the spindle seals was leaking oil into the drum. It was like a $40 seal or something crazy. The socket was about $25 from Napa. In any case I could remove the spindle to use the $10 spring tool if I had to.

 

[tbrumm]

http://www.skywaytools.com/lock-technology-lt-880-truck-brake-spring-installer/

at $9.80 plus ship, you should have this in your toolbox!

I just did the rear brakes on my F350, and wish I had bought that tool! I bought the Ford OTC T73T-2300-A Brake Spring Tool and it works, but leaves a heck of divot in your hand from pushing hard to compress the spring

 

[86F350ken]

Stocking stuffer for me!

Thanks for the link above!

 

[IDIoit]

never had a problem with those. but I may just make one now... owait, I have rear disc

 

[Cubey]

http://www.skywaytools.com/lock-technology-lt-880-truck-brake-spring-installer/

at $9.80 plus ship, you should have this in your toolbox!

Good deal. I paid about $30 for the Blue Point (Snap on China made) one like that.

 

[79jasper]

never had a problem with those. but I may just make one now... owait, I have rear disc

Lol Its literally round stock, two washers, and a bolt.

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[icanfixall]

Thanks for the very descriptive explanation and great pics. I purchased the second tool with the red handle but sure didn't pay that much for it. My first rear brake job I had non of these tools so I made my own. It barely worked. Second brake job I had the CORRECT tool. You bet I will be ordering the adjustable tool in the first pic.For the price it can be in "inventory" for a long time.
Note to the wise... You need this tool or you sure are in for a ruff job or rear brakes. Been there and made the tool but it JUST worked and not very well. There is no substitute for the right tool.

 

[cheap bronco]

I converted the 10.25 to rear disks. Rear disk setup is from a 99 e250. Just cut out the caliper brackets and weld them on. Of course you need to get rotors if you can't find a setup at the bone yard.

 

[Cubey]

I converted the 10.25 to rear disks. Rear disk setup is from a 99 e250. Just cut out the caliper brackets and weld them on. Of course you need to get rotors if you can't find a setup at the bone yard.

I tried to convert a Dana 60 on a Dodge 1 ton camper van I had with an aftermarket bracket, but due to the wider position of the massive leaf springs, the bracket and calipers couldn’t fit. I had to return ship a lot of stuff from that.

 

[Mulochico]

http://www.skywaytools.com/lock-technology-lt-880-truck-brake-spring-installer/

at $9.80 plus ship, you should have this in your toolbox!

Ordered over the weekend. Just got notified from Skyway tools "The LTI-880 truck brake tool is no longer available and has been dis-continued." Day late as usual.

 

[Mulochico]

Found it here: https://www.jbtoolsales.com/lock-te...ing-installer-for-3-4-ton-and-heavier-trucks/