<VV> Late model brake adjuster hole

Ron ronh at owt.com
Mon Jan 30 01:32:23 EST 2012


Right, I think that my '55 Studebaker coupe had rubber plugs and they were 
just fine.
RonH

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank DuVal" <corvairduval at cox.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Late model brake adjuster hole


>  ???
>
> I have always used and seen rubber plugs in this application on many
> cars, not just Corvairs.
>
> Never seen one melted.
>
> Is this a racing application?
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> On 1/29/2012 11:49 PM, John Miller wrote:
>> I seem to run across a lot of late model drums with the brake adjuster 
>> hole punched out. This has not been a problem because I had a supply of 
>> metal adjuster hole plugs,  which I recently exhausted. As you all may 
>> well know rubber plugs dont last long (melt)and the water gets 
>> in....never that fun. Anyone know where a supply of these metal plugs 
>> might be found? The place I used to get then locally went out of 
>> business.
>>
>> John Miller
>> Iowa
>>
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