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Originally Posted by California98Civic

Congrats on the success. Did you take any pictures you want to post?

I have some, but not ready to post yet.

Is it worth it to paint the inside of the drum? Not the braking surface, but everywhere else of course. Just to try and keep rust off.

I need to repaint the heads of the wheel studs and bake them to harden the paint. Then maybe paint the inside then I will press them in.

The rear brakes will almost be ready to be put together. I need to

• Clean and paint the backing plates
• rebuild the wheel cylinder (bought rebuild kit and new units, going to try to rebuild originals)
• Un-seize the drum adjuster (one side is already done)
• The rest of the parts are maintenance parts and I have new, so just assembly
• I can't decide if I want to buy new wheel bearings. The old ones seem to be in good condition. Thoughts?

Still need to finish blasting the rims and paint. Then I can put the new tires on. I might get a white paint pen and color the letters. I think that would look cool. At that point I think the looks will really perk up.

I'm trying to free the master cylinder up. I want to see if I can transfer the guts of the new master to the old one. The new one is slightly different design and plus the old one has the patent numbers on it an everything. It would just look much cooler I think.