It's the salt from the beach. My fathers Ferd which spent a lot of it's life
on the beach, had to have a torch taken to the front brakes to get them off
because of the rust...
Josh
<fawcett@uism.bu.edu> wrote in message
news:0103269856.AA985649651@uism.bu.edu...
> Subject pretty much says it all... Under some pretty heavy deceleration
(from
> the highway slowing down for an exit that snuck up on me) I start feeling
the
> ABS go to work on the rear and lose braking power. The roads are dry and
I
> wasn't braking that hard so I get out and check... Driver's side drum
cowl is
> cold and the passenger side cowl nearly gives me 3rd degree burns. Sh*$!
I
> figure it's seized and take it into the shop to check it out. $213 and
change
> later I have new wheel cylinders, shoes, etc on the rear. The mech. said
> everything was totally rusted out and the drivers side drum wasn't working
at
> all. What bugs me the most is I've only got 39k miles on the rig!
>
> Oh well, thanks for letting me vent.
> Tom
>
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