ugh! Brake and idle problems. Just venting here. Input welcome.

[l75eya]

So a few weeks ago I installed a used rear axle on my 87 GL. Pass side.

Ever since then, the brake shoes back there have been snagging and sticking. Obviously I must have messed something up, they were fine before.

Didn't really have time to take a look at it though so I used the car sparingly and have just been driving the Loyale around.

During one of my few drives in the GL to go put gas in it, I parked it at my father's house, whom I went to visit.

When I went back to the car, I set the choke, started it up, and it started up fine, holding the rpms at about 2k on it's own with the choke set, like it always does. Then it stumbled once, came back up, stumbled again and stalled. Started it back up; stall. Started it back up, stall.

Now it won't idle. So far I've put more gas in it thinking it was a bad gas issue. That didn't work.
Then I took it on the highway and drove the piss out of it thinking maybe a little italian tune-up will get rid of whatever might be blocking fuel. no effect.

 

When I'm on the gas, the car runs fine; it's only when I either don't have my foot on the gas at all, or if I'm barely applying any throttle, that the engine will start to sputter and kick and, if I don't give it some throttle, ultimately stall.

The WEIRD thing about this, is that I've gotten it to idle again fine about 3 or 4 times by just revving the engine when it starts to stall.

The few times this has worked, I'd rev the motor and then take my foot off the gas. A couple times after taking my foot off, the car would return to idle. Perfectly. As if nothing were wrong.
Then I'd drive it a bit and eventually it would start to stall again.
It *seems* to me that once it's idling fine again, it's only when I get deep in to the throttle that it "reverts" back to it's non-idle condition.

So now I've got some carb cleaner I just picked up that I'm going to try shooting down the carb. On my way back from advanced auto the rear brake decided to completely lock up. Thankfully I was only about 4 blocks away from home but I had to drag the rear tire 4 blocks and restart the car every time it stalled. It was very sad.

Like I said, really just putting this up here to vent my disbelief of the situation. Car was running perfectly fine a month ago. All these issues just completely out of the blue.

That being said, I'm open to any input though, of course

And to those of you who read through my little struggles, thanks for your time.

[l75eya]

Took apart rear drum. Every spring broken, hold down pins missing, wheel cylinder piston snapped.

Ordered from rockauto;
set of Raybestos 4wd 7-3/32" shoes
3/4" bore wagon brake cylinders (it's my understanding that these will swap right in. Bigger than stock sedan brake cylinders. Please correct me if I'm wrong)
set of Wagner springs and hold-down pins.
And also 4 of those stupid windshield wiper adapters because I need them. Stupid windshield wiper arms.

Now to mess with the idle.

[skishop69]

You've got debris in the float bowl that's moving around and blocking the idle circuit. You'll need to take it apart, clean it out and blow compressed air through all the circuits. That should get you handled.

[Gloyale]

 

3/4" bore wagon brake cylinders (it's my understanding that these will swap right in. Bigger than stock sedan brake cylinders. Please correct me if I'm wrong)

 

 

I don't think there is any difference in the brake cylinders......you don't really want bigger......you'll have to push the pedal further to apply pressure.