Re: [FWDLK] rough brakes on '57 (facts)

[Philippe Courant <accf-club@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> have you  replaced wheel cylinders, had the drums turned,
> installed new shoes (on car)?
Yes, all brake parts (shoes, wheel and master cylinders, lines, hoses)
are (were) new. Now they have 4000 miles.

> It sounds like the shoes have been compromised due to stagnation.
When i start the car and comes outside its garage, the braking is very
very rough !! The front end dives ! After 3 or 4 braking the situation
is better but ther's always this hard braking at very slow speed.

> Check for contaminated brake shoes as well. Brake fluid or oil can
> cause some grabbing.

Last year i had some problem with axle shaft seals and one of the rear
shoes (left) was contaminated. I cleaned it in a brake cleaning fluid
but i'm not sure that the oil was completly removed.

I've also another problem with one (i think) of the front drum: one was
turned because it was badly out of round but now i "feel" just before
the car stops that ther's another out-of-round drum. The car pulls also
to right side when i brake it.
I've a friend who has a roller braking test bench and i think it'll be
easy to determine which drum or wheel is wrong


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