[TR] Off-topic, but car-related

[Don Hiscock]

Four wheel disks?  Did he have a parking brake engaged? It seems unlikely
that pads would rust to disks -- there isn't enough ferrous content in the
friction surface for that, is there?  Were the pads worn down to
metal?   Was it perhaps piston rust due to water in the brake fluid causing
them not to retract in the calipers?

I'd leave the parking brake off were I to leave a car undriven for many
months.  A change in fluid might be a good idea, too...


On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 1:17 PM, Mark Hooper <mhooper at indiefilmnet.com>wrote:

> I've got a friend who spends half his time in Europe and the rest in
> Montreal.
> His car sits in the driveway while he is away. The last time he returned
> after
> 4 months away, all the brake rotors on the car had rusted to the pads and
> he
> had to get a mechanic to engage in vigorous hammering of components to
> free up
> the brakes.
>
> Is there some substance out there for spraying on brake discs during
> storage?
> Something that burns off quickly without imperilling life and limb, as
> using
> wax or oil would likely do.
>
> Mark Hooper
> 1972 TR6
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