<VV> Brake material thickness

[J R Read_HML]

JR (borrowing a line from Smitty) says:

Contaminated shoes are throw aways.

$5.00 worth of brake clean later, they are STILL throw aways.

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Later, JR
'61 Rampside Standard 4/110
'65 Monza Convertible 4/140
'66 beater Coupe - icemobile 4/140

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>
To: "christopher d czepyha" <thegeek2@juno.com>; <VIRTUALVAIRS@corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: <VV> Brake material thickness


> I think I'd blast 'em off with brake cleaner and drive on - watchfully, of
> course, as with ANY car.
>
> Joe Potts
> Miami, Florida USA
> 1966 Corsa coupe 140hp 4-speed with A/C
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org
> [mailto:virtualvairs-admin@corvair.org]On Behalf Of christopher d
> czepyha
> Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:52 AM
> To: VIRTUALVAIRS@corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> Brake material thickness
>
>
> I poped two wheels.
>
> Front, dry but dusty.
>
> Back, some sort of slightly slippery crud.  Kind of like the cruddy oil
> you might find baked onto an engine.
>
> No signs of leakage.  Wheel cyl dry, no fluid on tires.
>
> Can I just clean off the crud, and go on with life.  The material is less
> than 1/2 gone compared to new shoes (yes I stock those two).
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