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Originally Posted by DieselSJ

So you can replace the brake rod seal? I read somewhere that you had to remove the rod to do that and the rod was crimped in place.

There's two styles. The older ones secured the rod with a rubber grommet. The newer ones crimped(staked) the rod in place. Instructions say to pull the grommet type out for repair, and to cut/reweld the staked rod when repairing. I cut and welded my staked rod.

After I did that, I ran across info saying that the staked rod could be pulled out as well. It just takes a lot more force, and some fabrication to make a puller. Restaking it is easy enough, it seems. Just use a small punch to crimp some metal back around the ball end of the shaft.

With a staked rod, it's going to require some metal work either way. If you have handy access to a welder, it's probably just as easy to cut and reweld.