Sunday, May 30, 2010

Brake issues




I thought things were going too smoothly. Went for a drive and the brakes were pulling the car to the left, so I spent last night stripping the left front brake. Once I got everything apart the brake looked as though it hadnt been touched for a decade or three. Probably nothing unusal I guess. I spent this evening cleaning the parts down and considering what to do. My decison is to recondition all the brakes, starting with left front. I will also replace the wheel bearings. Logic has that if I do a thorough job now I wont need to do any major work, apart from regular brake adjustments, for some time to come. The car is now laid up until spring which gives me time to gradually work around all four wheels. The photos show cleaned and not so clean parts :)

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