Ok - I'll replace asap. By the way - You mentioned to replace both sides. They both have actually no wear and the leakage was on one side only. Since there was no real wear or scoring or anything and everything was smooth I didn't originally replace shoes on either sides or need to touch the drums. (The car has 25,000 orig miles on it!).
I think replacing one side only should work, shouldn't it?
Tim
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> This is a typical symptom from contaminated linings. Replace both sides, > and make very sure the drum and all brake hardware is washed off with brake > cleaner (special stuff, available at any auto parts place, and also make > very sure that the grease seals and wheel cylinders are totally bone dry - > no seepage at all. > Dick Benjamin > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 8:38 PM > Subject: IML: Brakes - '57 > > > > Would replacing shoes on the rear of a '57 which now has a tendency to > lock one wheel when left parked for a while the first time the brakes are > applied eliminate the locking problem? > > I think that the shoes were exposed to brake fluid from a leaking cylinder
> since replaced. > > I am afraid of damaging the differential or something else eventhough the > problem will go away after the brakes are applied a few times. > > > > > ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- > This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please > reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be > shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the > Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm >
