

| Subject: | Re: Brakes (Again!) |
| From: | David Schwarze |
| Date: | Mon, 22 Aug 94 9:04:29 PDT |
Thom Fitzpatrick writes: > > Well, hell! They stopped pulling (left) but were still hard for the > last few days. I would put a lot of pressure, but without a lot of > results, so I figure they were glazed and I would sand them down > when i got the opportunity... I have heard that sanding down pads is a no-no... > Its hard to tell, but the way the bus stops, it would almost seem > like I only have front brakes, because it dives sorta, but I don't know if > you could get that kinda power from just the front brakes. By power I mean > these brakes feel like the brakes in my 911!!!! Dunno if this means anything, but when I "did" my rear drums recently, pedal effort went up noticeably. The rear brakes were so bad before that I'm sure they weren't doing anything. Now I'm sure I have more absolute stopping power, but I have to press harder to get it... -David ============================================================================= David Schwarze '73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat) SAIC Comsystems, San Diego '73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast) schwarze@nosc.mil '87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser? Soon...) =============================================================================
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