[NoVa-Corvairs] Brake Drum

Darrin Hartzler dhartzler at ifc.org
Wed Feb 8 06:48:42 EST 2012


Always a good idea to bleed/flush the system at the same time.  Agree on
new hardware (springs) as they are cheap and important.

Happy to help when you have all the pieces together.

Darrin

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On Feb 7, 2012, at 5:39 PM, "Bryan Blackwell" <bryan at skiblack.com> wrote:

> Glad to hear it!
>
> BTW, I will be out of town the 15th through 23rd so I'll miss the
meeting.  It's President's day weekend, so I'll be at the family western
homestead (aka mom's house in Phoenix) for a working Presidential
vacation :-)
>
> You might consider getting hardware kits and hoses with the new shoes if
you don't know their history.  Given the issues I've had with bonded shoes
coming apart, I suggest riveted ones instead.  Once you have all the parts
let's pick a time to put the brakes together later this month.
>
> --Bryan
>
> On Feb 7, 2012, at 11:26 AM, A. J. Paluska, Jr wrote:
>
> > Good news. I was able to get my brake drum turned and it looks good. I
will have to move the car so that I can jack up the other side and get the
other drum off and turned. Then I can get some help to install the new
brakes and be ready to drive the car again.
>
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