Bite the bullet

[Keith Webb]

How often have you put off or tried to work around a task or repair on a CMP when you knew you'd eventually have to bite the bullet and just deal with it?

"Bite the bullet" means to facing suffering stoically and with braveness.

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Well this morning after trying to free up the reactionary linkage for several weeks I realised the only solution lay in biting the bullet and lying under the truck with dried grease and crap falling into my face undoing the 5 bolts which secure the assembly to the cross member. Of the 5 bolts, one is easy, four awkward, but the most awkward thing was to get the clevis pin connecting the brake rod with the return spring slacked off. Putting it all back will be fun!
Will post some pics of the process. Incidentally the linkage assembly can be removed without disconnecting the master cylinder if you don't want to bleed the brakes.