<VV> Front brake problem. Now "Procrastination"

[goofyroo at excite.com]

For me, the morning brake-grabbing made the car interesting to drive.  It also kept me from being too complacent in my car.  I find it useful to be reminded, once in a while, that these are imperfect, maintenance-needing contraptions we wheel ourselves around in -- not the sealed-and-sanitized transportation units they seem to become more and more with every passing model year.

Michael Smith
Dallas

I had to laugh when I read your post. I have done the same thing on a house 
I sold. Over time, I bought all the stuff I needed for several projects but 
never got to them until I was selling the house. I could have enjoyed the 
benefit of the upgrade for as long as years but never did. Hmmm ...... now that I 
think of it, I am doing the same thing with a number of projects on my cars. 
Maybe I should get to it. I would be embarrassed to post the list.

Doc
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In a message dated 6/6/2005 2:59:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
virtualvairs-request at corvair.org writes:
> 
> I had the same trouble with a 63. There must have been contamination of 
> shoes at some point. I drove it for years that way -- one side pulling on the 
> first/second application of the drive, then leveling off to brake beautifully 
> after that. It pulled harder in wet weather, but always evened up by the 
> third stop.
> 
> Finally, it came time to sell the car and I knew a buyer would be put off -- 
> and not put up with -- the occasional pulling. I changed the shoes out and 
> the problem disappeared.
> 
> Michael Smith
> Dallas


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