Well Crap it needs it all!

Ill share a few things I learned while doing my 71 Rear drums.

The big shoe goes on the rear of the backing plate. (look the shoes over close, they are all different, Side to side and front to rear.)
Leave the E brake adjuster off the lower pin untill LAST. - just saw your on the fronts, I would still leave the adjuster till the end.
Clean and greas everything that moves with break grease.
Order the shoe retainer kit for 3.50, You may loose one or two...
You DO have a good break spring tool right?
I would not even try with out one, Seriously buy one if you dont have one..




Total cost at local Scottish parts store, 86.00 USD. (front and rear parts)

Time half a day.

Oh yeah start soaking those hard lines NOW with PB Blaster...

It not that bad and u got a pick to look at and lots of folks willing to help.
Good luck and may all your hard line come free. (U may want to ask local parts.store to order a double flare union, just incase you shear a hard line...) Just saw you already broke a line. If you can dont rent tools if you can buy, If you must rent then yeah do the free rental with deposit. Think about where you want to install the union. ( it dont have to be at the break you can cut back more) I should have cut a few more inches off and hidden the union.
Use balling wire to mock up lines then bend your hard line to mock up section, This will save you lots of headache..
Do you have a decent line cutter, you will need one as well as the flaring tool and break spring tool.

Also break dust is toxic so try not to breath what you clean out of the backing plate...


Required tools, listed bottem to top in pick.

Break spring tool
Break adjusting tool. (you can mod a large flat head screwdriver into this)
Flaring tool
Line cutter.


I left the line wrenches out of the pick as they are not required but sure are nice..