She boiled the brake fluid. Bleed the system, and don't ever let
her drive a car again......and everything will be fine.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Sat, 25 Jul 1998, Scott P Johnson wrote:

> Here's an odd situation:
> I put new shoes on my 86's rear wheels today. Everything went well; it's
> not the first time I've done the brakes.
> I drove it; it worked fine.
> My wife drove it; she put the emergency brakes on, and drove 10-15 miles
> with them on. Toward the end of her driving, she noticed that the brakes
> weren't working well, she had to press her foot down to the floor to get
> it to stop.
> I came home about a half hour later; the hub caps were so hot I couldn't
> leave my fingers on them for more than a second. (I put the caps from an
> old 79 bus on my 86 (for those who insist the 86 has plastic caps...).)
> Now that it has cooled, the brakes still don't work well; I have to pump
> them a couple of times to build up pressure; and it still acts as though
> it is braking primarily from the front.
> Any hints for what I'm going to find when I remove the wheels again? What
> do I have to replace now???
> Thanks.
> Scott
>
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