It is all in ones point of view. If I had a pulsating or grabbing set of
rotors or drums,I wouldn't think of it as being the SAFEST brake condition.
If you can put up with the brakes doing that,and are used to it..then maybe
it won't be an issue.
Will the rotor or drum come apart because of what I described below?
Probably not. I'll bet there will be hot-spots on the braking surface tho.
The brakes will only get worse instead of better.
Steve from Albany,N.Y. <--who has brakes in exc-cond on all 5 of his veh's
at this point.
'75 Imp 4dr <--new pads,fluid and hardware(including the rubber-band) on the
back since yesterday.
'79 440 powered 35 ft RV <--4(four) new whl-cyls on the back last year.
There are 2 on each side.
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From: "D. Dardalis" <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: IML: 1962/68 Bad "Braking" Vibrations
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2002 00:15:42 -0600
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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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.
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