[Jim Philpot]

I have been through the rebuilding process and found it to be a simple operation. The kits I bought had all necessary seals.

The main thing I noticed is that the proper adjustment and operation of the parking brake
hinges on making sure that the threads of the adjustment screws are free to turn in their mating parts. As I recall, if the threads tend to bind in the pistons, no adjustment can be made.

I think it's worth the trouble simply to understand how the parking brake works.(It's amazing to me that the adjustment portion actually seals!) The biggest pain I went through was making sure the parking brake was properly adjusted after the rebuild was complete. I read somewhere that the Factory never made rebuild parts readily available because they were afraid DIYers wouldn't be able to accomplish proper adjustment. Like so many stories, this is probably a bunch of BS, however.