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Subject:Re: '56 kombi - brakes (again)
From:Richard
Date:Tue, 11 Jul 95 17:13:57 EDT

> My splitty has perfect brakes, once I stop hard a couple of times. The problem 
> is that if I leave the beast sitting around for a month or more and then go to 
> stop, it usually pulls hard to the right.  I think that the shoes might stick to
> the drums a little, or maybe some brake fluid's getting in there. Whatever the 
> case, a few good hard stops usually "machines" the drums/shoes so that 
> subsequenst stops are fine.  If I drive it every day I don't get the problem.
> 
Well, since it's come up, what causes that hard pulling when you first
stop? My '67 has only recently started doing that, and as far as i can
tell, none of the cylinders are leaking. It pulls really hard to the
right the first 3 or 4 times I stop, then is fine, then starts to pull
to the left. What might be behind this?
Thanks
Richard