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Subject:Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
From:David Beierl
Date:Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:34:30 -0400

At 10:14 PM 7/24/2008 -0400, craig cowan wrote:
>Curious as to what happens when a backing plate actually "rusts off" : )

You get little bits of metal making extremely odd noises when you
brake.  And water, pebbles etc.  And probably the handbrake doesn't work.

The crucial bits -- slave cylinder and bottom pivot -- are attached
to solid metal.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage," '85 GL "Poor Relation"