Re: [Chrysler300] Soiled brake shoes

I don't know . One violent lockup ,on one side only, (!) even chance of it, not worth it compared to Labor -- of doing all that twice vs ? 50$ for new shoes 👠 ? But grinding to shape gets into it ..

Had to do my 67 dart 3-4 x over this , turned out to be ( we think ) wheel bearing grease due to possible drum overheat and bearing seal failure . Once in there , despite aggressive cleaning, it gets on or into drum , ? Into metal pores? change shoes 2-3 x still get erratic locking and grab hassles starting up a few months later. Finally exchanged whole thing , spindle out, off a junked Cuda --fixed it . Hands MUST be spotless re: oil or grease . Oil evaporates much higher temp than brake fluid , but they say 400 F ok for brake fluid , so boiling at 212 does what ? I think original guy needs to think a bit before publishing that? I cannot see how it can work? Maybe water diluted it ? But, Inside shoe lining? Or he never tried it.

Why overheat is interesting -- Misrouted cooling lines on column shift torqueflight can block the lever from going into 1st gear , you first find that out descending a steep mountain (with 9" drums , of course) . You go up just fine!! Despite taking hours and 4-5 20 minute stops to cool , rapidly gets very unhappy at wheel bearings .2nd gear not enough. A month later inner bearing race spun , loosening press fit in hub . Related? Not sure. Now in with Loctite bearing mount temporarily .Maybe .001 gap . Any thoughts on that ?

9" drum hubs with 4" bolt pattern are junkyard only .

All by way of adding info ..

John G

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On Oct 15, 2017, at 6:42 PM, Lindsey Fuller lindsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

One of my guys put my soiled shoes on top of a wood space heater ( space between stove top and outer sheeting type ) for a day or so. That was 10 years ago and they still stop great.

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On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 5:07 PM, 'mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx' mgoodknight@xxxxxxxx [Chrysler300] <Chrysler300-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Unless you're using silicone fluid.

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From: "Larry Jett LarryWJett@xxxxxxxxx [Chrysler300]" <Chrysler300-noreply@yahoogroups.com>
To: "chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Chrysler300] Soiled brake shoes
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2017 13:48:21 -0700

Old Car's Weekly tip.Â Say you have a set of completely arced and working shoes on your centerplane lettered car and they get saturated with brake fluid while in storage.Â They suggest getting a bucket that will hold them, fill with water and a good dose of dish washing detergent, boil for 20-30 minutes and the brake fluid will be poured out with the water.
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