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Got a 1986 Renault utility chassis that is in need of brake repairs. Not able to locate parts locally for this job. Basic parts needed, wheel cylinder rebuild kit, brake springs replacement, shoes, etc.
The wheel cylinders are pitted and the boots need replacement. Brake fluid leaked and soaked the shoes. I have been told to use a torch and burn off the brake shoes as they have surface material still in good tolerance for re-use. This might work I guess but never have tried it. Domestic shoes easy to obtain best to just replace them. With this project due to foreign manufacture not able to locate replacement parts for the job. The return springs are in bad shape and should be replaced. Don’t know what to do on this job. With a bucket of bad parts and no luck finding replacement or rebuild parts for the job.
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When I Googled your parts.could not find one stop
shopping. If you google your parts individual parts.
wheel cylinders,brake spring kit,shoeshttp://www.carpartsdiscount.com/auto/parts/86/renault/encore/wheel_cylinders.html?3594=2106
http://www.carpartsdiscount.com/auto/parts/86/renault/encore/brake_shoes.html?3594=2224
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Drums-Hardware-/33565/i.html?_nkw=1986+Renault+Encore&_vxp=mtr&_rdc=1
Thanks for the reply to my post. My photo shows the shoes which are not the same as the links you provided. The Renault cars are different duty than the utility vans chassis which is what I have.
This is my problem can’t seem to find the correct parts. So, here I am still looking.Everybody I have located a source on the web. A really great company called RockAuto they have new parts both the brake shoes and the spring hold down/return kit. I have wrote the company if they can also supply the wheel cylinder’s. Awaiting a reply on that as the website seems to be missing that part. The cylinders have to be replaced as they are deeply pitted. The shoes have to be replaced as they were soaked in brake fluid and the springs have to be replaced as they were rusted and deformed very badly. They have great prices and it is all right here in the good old U.S.A.! The Renault cars are not interchangeable to the larger chassis. The utility chassis are not interchangeable to the truck chassis. Foreign builders are just weird. I owned a 1978 MGB for a couple of years and had to sell it due to parts cost and breakdowns. I am more suited to American cars and trucks. Maybe I will get this old Renault going yet then maybe I’ll sell it too.
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