[Shotimes] Re: Rear BRAKE problems (Was: rear break problems)

[John Paner]

What happens is both calipers will freeze over a very short time (month or 
so).  When I remove them they are bad, I would guess from being locked on 
for quite some time.   There is no way that three sets have failed in a 
year and a half.


The parking break seems to work fine, until the pads are too far gone.  I 
guess it could be the hoses but isn't it odd for both sides to fail at the 
same time?   

I have also noticed that there was only a very small amount of fluid when 
I open the bleeder valve.   Much less than I would expect to see.

John



PS Damn spell check "fixed brake"


On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Paul L Fisher wrote:

> Do you use your parking brake? If so, those cables might be rusted. When you
> say it isn't the calipers, how do you know this? Are the slide pins sliding
> or frozen?
> 
> Usually rear brake problems are:
> 
> 1. Seized parking brake cables
> 2. Seized slide pins
> 3. collapsed brake hoses
> 4. Frozen calipers
> 
> Paul L Fisher
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Paner" <jpaner@wnyherp.org>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 8:41 AM
> Subject: [Shotimes] rear break problems
> 
> 
> > Since I got my 93 SHO 2 years ago by back breaks have been a huge problem.
> > The calipers have failed/locked on 3 times.   There is something other
> > than the calipers causing this problem.   Both sides are failing so I
> > can't imagine it is a problem with the break line.   Any suggestions?
> >
> >
> > John
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