I inspected my brake shoes today and found cracks in the lining. On the rear shoes is this a problem? Should I change the shoes??? The shoe is the one that was not working until after I adjusted it. It has almost 100% left. But I did find brake dust in the wheel this time, so it is working. The other side is about 40% used?? I wondered if it was working after I adjusted it that is why I pulled the wheel to check. I don't remember seeing the cracks before. This is something I would want to do before my trip. Dads 82 Lawrence R Noska lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx Hauser, ID 83854 -----Original Message----- From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Edward Trenn Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:02 PM To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: IML: IML-Slight Hiss Brian, Forgive me if this is too basic a solution... I may have misunderstood the question. In my '64 and a '65 that I've ridden in, the slight hiss when the car was in gear was due to a vaccuum leak in the hose activating the automatic parking (i.e., emergency) brake release. Sometimes the hose under the dash near the transmission connection can work itself loose. It's worth taking a look under the dash. Ed In a message dated 7/28/2004 10:42:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Brian Shea" <bshea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >when i put the car in gear i can here a slight hiss under the dash.The >manual works fine. >