I only had a little time tonight so I decided to put the brakes back together.  To help me do this later on the other 3 I will cover every step.  Here we have to backing plate ready to rock.

The first step is bolting the wheel cylinder on.  For some bizarre reason the car uses 4 unique wheel cylinders.  Crazy.  This is the one for the passenger side front.

Done.

Next these rods go in. I lubricated both ends of the rods.

Brake shoes go into the slots on the rods.

Next the retainer rod and spring go for the left (rear) shoe.

Next the ratcheting spring for the self-adjuster goes over the end of the rear shoe.

Here is the adjuster cleaned and lubricated.  Hard to believe this cleaned up so well.

Self adjuster is in place on the ends of the shoes.

Then the other shoe’s retainer goes on.

The first of my new springs goes on next.  This holds the self-adjuster together.

Then a new spring on the leading (front) shoes.  These springs were $8 each but it is amazing how much stronger the new springs are than the old ones I took off.

Then the spring on the trailing shoe.  Notice how they go next to each other.

Next the linkage for the self adjuster goes in.  The pivot point screws into the trailing shoe.

Done.  Looks purdy!

I decided to do one wheel at a time on the brakes.  Since the backing plate, hoses, and everything else are a rusty mess  I decided to just remove everything.  There are 6 bolts on 3 lock plates that hold everything together.   Once I bent the tabs on the lock plates back I hit the bolts with an impact wrench.

With the backing plate and brakes out of the way I next removed the hose.   The lower end is held on by two of the kingpin bolts.  Impact wrench time again!

I had already removed the brake line from the upper end of the hose.  So all I had to do to get the hose out was remove this rusty-ass clip.  This is in pretty bad shape but might be salvageable.

After cleaning around it to try and keep dirt out of the axle I popped the spindle off.  Here is the spindle and hardware.  The spindle looks to be in good shape and the bushing inside it does not seem badly worn.

With the backing plate on the workbench this is the easiest brake job ever.  I carefully photographed each step as I took the brakes apart.  I am going to replace the cylinders and springs.  Hopefully the rest can be saved.

Good thing I have new wheel cylinders.  This is pretty gross.  I could not get the piston to move at all.  I will try and get these apart later but for now they go in the discard pile.  Time for a massive parts-cleaning party.

I got everything painted but the backing plate.  That will have to wait until next time though.  It is too cold to keep painting tonight.

I also hit the frame where the brake hardware attaches with a wire brush.  When it gets a little warmer I will paint all this too.  But time to knock off for today.