@Schurkey did ya get er done man?
Yeah, sort-of.
I still cannot consistently make a decent flare with the NiCopp tubing. Got lucky with one, got beat-up on another. Eventually, I cranked the livin' piss out of the flare nuts, and I guess they don't leak now. IF they leak, they don't leak enough for me to see.
This is very unsatisfying. I expected to make perfect flares with no problems or doubts.
Brakes are back together, new wheel cylinders, and the seized adjuster on the right side is freed-up and working again. Both rear brake cables are in place--with some rework because the crappy Communist Chinese brake cables from O'Reilly's aren't made right. I had to add a couple sections of rubber hose over the right rear brake cable because they didn't put the heavy rubber outer jacket on the cable, or the metal bushing where the cable clips into the bracket above the differential pinion. But those two cables are effectively in place and tie-wrapped so they don't fall out of the brackets while waiting to be connected to the front cable. The original front cable got cut-off under the truck before I bought it; and I can't get the remnant out of the floorpan. One of my friends suggested Mister Torch, but I'm not that desperate yet.
I really wanted to do the Truetrac differential while the axle shafts were out; and I have one more lower ball joint to squeeze in and "maybe" a front rotor to replace at the same time. But right now, the truck is back on four wheels and sort-of driveable again. I'll get back to all that later.
Currently paused, working on another project--have to put a RF wheel bearing/hub assembly and an outer tie rod end on the Trailblazer for SWMBO. So I spent today working on that as it snowed on me. Nope, not ready for snow yet, but we got it anyway. At least there's no accumulation on the ground. It melted as soon as it touched-down. I hate this place. I've hated this place practically my whole life, but I never achieved escape velocity.