alberts truck o matic Posted August 16, 2009 Report Posted August 16, 2009 I have a 53 B4B and started work on the brake system. The rears are the typical 2 single acting cylinders per side. The fronts are the double acting but instead of being stepped 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 both sides are 1 3/8. I went to parts house here that still uses books and found the Canadian built trucks may have had this front cylinder. My big problem is that I can't seem to find the pistons for the cylinders both the fronts and the rears. Are there any places that supply these. Quote
Nat Angell Posted August 16, 2009 Report Posted August 16, 2009 I found all the brake repair parts for my 50 b-2-b at O'Reily's Auto parts. They didn't have all in stock, but got them by the next day. HTH, later, Nat Quote
4852dodge Posted August 16, 2009 Report Posted August 16, 2009 I got all my brake parts from the local NAPA. I've been using them for years and 90% of the time they can get it. Quote
alberts truck o matic Posted August 17, 2009 Author Report Posted August 17, 2009 Well I made the trip down to the local Napa and they no longer listed the pistons seperately. They had complete cylinders which were the stepped versions and the rebuild kits which included the the rubbers and nothing more. I was put on to a place here in Washington by the mom and pop auto parts store. A place called Hagen auto parts over in Puyallup. They didn't have pistons in stock but they had the original 1 3/8 cylinders. I found a guy on Ebay with the rear two piece pistons so I picked up a few from him. Quote
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