At 12:48 AM 3/18/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Sometimes when cars sit,as what might have been the case with the "parts
>Imperial" that you got the drums from,the braking surface rusts in spots
>where the shoes are not touching...making the braking surface have an
>uneven porosity/grabbing ability.
>If it were a disc-braked car that sat long enough for the rotor to
>rust,the rotor would rust where the pads weren't..and the rotor would be
>in very good condition where the pads were. Even if you sand-down or drive
>the car to get the rust off,the surface will be pitted where the rust
>was...and "as good as it was when first parked" where the pads were.
Steve, that makes sense. The 68 black LeBaron was sitting for a long
time. From 1979 to 2002, it only did 13,000 miles. If this is my problem
as well, I suspect there is no safety issue, just annoying, right?
D^2
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