Did you happen to set the parking brake to make it easier to change the flat
tire?
The Adam Blaster
Two words, figure it out.....
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>I think I might have inadvertantly let "HIM" outta the box. The "pandoras
>box"...
>
>Those who have been around long enough know what I mean... for those who
>don't know... JUST DON'T ASK!!!!
>
>I was browsing the archives Monday on my day off... looking for info on
>swapping Gen III seats into my Gen II... and I stumbled upin the posts
>detailing the events surrounding R/T when... when you know...
>
>And the next day the Neon blew its guts out...
>
>Today - The Explorers drivers side rear tire was flat... I filled it up and
>drove to work - as I didn't have time to do anything else with it... After
>work it was just about flat again. So I swapped the full size spare in. I
>pulled a 2 1/2 inch hunk of rusty metal - about 3/8 diameter... out of the
>tread... I seemed to have picked it up on the way home while towing the
>Neon back.
>
>Oh yeah I almost forgot - after I filled up the tire this morning and got
>back on the road - I looked down at the gauges - and saw a red light on...
>the PARKING BRAKE was fully depressed - and I was DOING 75!!
>
>The parking brake (small shoes inside a drum cast into a rotor, 4 wheel
>disc) has been rendered usless. I don't even remember setting it.. I
>havn't a clue how long it was on. The warning light has a mind of its own
>because it wasn't on before!
>
>I'm afraid to go to work tomarrow... Everyone - park your trucks and leave
>em sit until this passes!!!
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