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RE: Spongy Brakes

To: Richard Gosling <richard.gosling@exprogroup.com>,
Subject: RE: Spongy Brakes
From: Douglas Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 07:35:14 -0500
When the rear shoes get grease or brake fluid on them, they are essentially 
ruined. :-(
When I grease my rear hubs, I remove the brake drum and carefully wipe away any
excess grease the got out past the outer seal. 

Doug Braun
'72 Spit


At 11:23 AM 1/30/03 +0000, Richard Gosling wrote:

>Check rear shoes, and replace if necessary.  They don't need replacing often
>- particularly if you don't adjust them frequently!  However, if grease has
>made it into the area where the shoes sit while the hubs were being greased,
>the grease may have containated the shoes - don't know if this gets burned
>or worn off eventually.

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