[Shotimes] HELP! rear brake pad replacement issues (piston)

[Zach Leahy]

Yeah, never ground the welder to the wheel hub... stupid mistake.  I
looked up and the line was just smoking :)  All the current was
running through the braided stainless line.  oops.


Z

On 6/9/05, Dave Pillsbury <showerks@comcast.net> wrote:
> Thats great one of the funniest things I've read this week. in a
> non-standard manuever.........I gotta use that one next time I screw the
> pooch with the SHO.
> 
> Zach Leahy wrote:
> 
> >Spreaking of which anyone have an extra rear driver's side hose from
> >Earls?  I kinda... uhh.. melted mine in a non-standard manuever and
> >have had it replaced by a cheapie rubber line for a while.
> >
> >
> >Z
> >
> >On 6/9/05, Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>The Earl's rear lines do have brackets. They have the
> >>bracket at the factory location on the unibody which
> >>is either stainless or coated and hasn't rusted on
> >>mine. They also have a bracket for the strut mount;
> >>IIRC, the line is mounted in a spherical bearing. It's
> >>a much better design than OEM.
> >>
> >>Ian
> >>
> >>--- Dave Pillsbury <showerks@comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Well you do what they do with the SS lines and just
> >>>not put brackets on!
> >>>I install all of mine with the bracket opened up.
> >>>Then again I have one
> >>>of the shortest stopping distance stock braked SHO's
> >>>around, By the way
> >>>Don just and FYI we were discovering this problem on
> >>>the Linclon
> >>>Versiallies Rear ends in rod swaps and my Stang back
> >>>in 88.
> >>>Dave
> >>>
> >>>Donald Mallinson wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>The bracket isn't squeezing the line shut, it is
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>the bracket rusting
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>and that rust migrating through the rubber line to
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>swell it shut.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>How do I know?  I was one of the first people to
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>report this
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>phenomenon and I cut open my old brake line to see
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>what was happening.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>opening up the bracket might help a little since
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>the rusty part won't
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>be tight against the metal, but now the line can
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>move and rub against it.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>I would NOT mess with that bracket, for a jot that
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>needs done maybe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>once every 5 years?
> >>>>
> >>>>Don Mallinson
> >>>>
> >>>>Jason Hartberger wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Is there any way to widen that bracket a little
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>before you put the
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>line in? It seems like if I just open it up a
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>little it'd still hold
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>the hose in but it wouldn't make the hose swell
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>shut...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>Just a thought...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Jason
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Dave Pillsbury wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>The only time you have to open the bleeder to
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>get the piston back in
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>is when the line collapses where it attaches at
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>the strut in that
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>POS bracket
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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