RE: What's the coiled thing around brake drum?

[Richard Kinsley <r.kinsley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

D J wrote:
> 
> Jim,
>    I'm not sure of the exact name of them, but they are there to
> protect the brake lines, from small rocks and any type of road trash
> that you may hit. They were on my 65 Coronet, I left them off when
> redoing my brake system.
> DJ
> 
> --- Jim Ozolins <j_ozolins@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Just wondering, what's the thing around the outside of the brake
> > drum on my 
> > '64 Valiant? It looks like brake line armor, or some big spring. Is
> > it for 
> > cooling? Doesn't seem to hold anything on, but I have not inspected
> > it 
> > closely yet.
> > 
> > Jim Ozolins
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  I don't think he was talking about shielding on the brake line, or is 
it a heat sink? My drums had the spring around them also and I believe 
it was for noise reduction. 


Rich Kinsley  '64 Polara 4 dr 318poly w/goodies


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