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Next, the rear brakes;

Since I replaced everything on the rear axle brake wise, the passenger side rear brake has been grabbing first and releasing first when braking, which makes it lock down for a split second. Again, another thing I ignored for a while, until the other day I was trying to get the truck out of my muddy side yard (since the SUV was at the dealer), and noticed that while the driver side rear was spinning, nothing happened when I pressed the brake pedal.

I get the truck out, crawl under and adjust the brakes while that side is jacked up, and still nothing happens on that side when I hit the pedal. I kept adjusting until I couldn’t free spin the wheel and the pedal barely did anything even then, wtf???? I went back under and backed it off so it wouldn’t be too tight while driving, and found the adjuster would back off without me pushing the retainer. Great, so I’ll now have to go back into the rear drums, always fun on a full floater.

Any ideas what I might have screwed up on when I replaced the brakes??
I have no idea but I hope you figure it out. Mine will grab really quickly on the Dr side rear an slide those tires. I've never checked to see if the pass side is working or not lol. I dread pulling that all apart myself.
 

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And finally, the loudly squeaking windshield wipers and the windshield washer not working.

I removed the cowl, cleaned everything I could get to, lubed the wiper linkage pivots and removed the nozzles and have them soaking in CLR to get them completely unclogged.

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I have found RainX on the glass to also help mine operate a little smoothly and quieter.
 

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I have no idea but I hope you figure it out. Mine will grab really quickly on the Dr side rear a slide those tires. I've never checked to see if the pass side is working or not lol. I dread pulling that all apart myself.
It’s not that bad once you get in there, you just have to dedicate 3/4 of the day to working on them
Sounds like something is seized in the brakes. Maybe the wheel cylinder itself? Is the other side working?
Passenger side works maybe too good, even though it doesn’t mean much these days, both wheel cylinders and springs and shoes on both sides are new, as are the wheel seals.
 

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The best looking tails for GMT400s imo.
I've got a set on the red truck and a set for the crew once I swap the new bed on; LEDs installed too of course.
I got them for Christmas, I never would’ve bought them myself (or any tails since my old ones still worked). But now that I have them, I love them.
What I really like about them is, no more stupid circuit boards!
I fixed my circuit board issues by buying TYC boards from O’Reilly, someone on here, I think @Dropped88, mentioned he’s never had an issue with TYC, so I got those
 

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It’s not that bad once you get in there, you just have to dedicate 3/4 of the day to working on them

Passenger side works maybe too good, even though it doesn’t mean much these days, both wheel cylinders and springs and shoes on both sides are new, as are the wheel seals.

Any chance you pinched the line going to that side?
 
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