<VV> Brake material thickness

[Harry Yarnell]

Herr jr Read is right. As many a time I've run into perfectly good brake
shoes that are contaminated; there's no way I know of to save them.

Harry Yarnell
perryman garage and orphanage
perryman, MD
hyarnell1@earthlink.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J R Read_HML" <hmlinc@sbcglobal.net>
To: "N. Joseph Potts" <pottsf@msn.com>; "christopher d czepyha"
<thegeek2@juno.com>; <VIRTUALVAIRS@corvair.org>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Brake material thickness


> JR (borrowing a line from Smitty) says:
>
> Contaminated shoes are throw aways.
>
> $5.00 worth of brake clean later, they are STILL throw aways.
>
> Attachments are scanned with anti-virus software.
>
> 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
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> > 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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