[tcb] Re: Hey, ya'll! Brakes question

  • From: wuzmop@xxxxxxx
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:01:21 -0400 (EDT)

It was fun, wasn't it!





-----Original Message-----
From: Brad Tripp <67type2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: tcb <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Mon, Sep 26, 2011 8:36 am
Subject: [tcb] Re: Hey, ya'll! Brakes question


Told you so
On Sep 25, 2011 9:07 PM, "Denis Dodson" <coocoo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I sprayed electric contact cleaner on them and used a MAPP gas torch on them 
> and you really could see the fluid coming out. I put them back in and made 
> sure the cylinder lines were not cross threaded, put the whole thing together 
> and bled them and then pumped the hell out of them and took the wheel\drum 
> off and no leaks! Then I test drove it and there is no pulling and the 
> stopping is waaaay better.
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> I will replenish my supply of shoes and cylinders and trade them out before 
> T@P.
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> om: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> wuzmop@xxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 8:44 PM
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> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Hey, ya'll! Brakes question
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> I've burned mine clean before with carb cleaner. If nothing else, its a lot 
> of fun, but if ya gotta go to the store anyway, might as well get new ones. 
> Burn the others though, cause it really is fun.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: tcb 
> Sent: Sun, Sep 25, 2011 12:10 pm
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Hey, ya'll! Brakes question
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> Damn not the brakes again!  I have soaked them in brake clear before and it 
> seamed to work.  With your luck and to be on the safe side I'd replace them 
> though.  Are these brake cylinders you rebuilt before?  I replaced mine 
> before the Classic 2 years ago and it sat for 2 years and they still don't 
> leak.
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> On 9/25/2011 11:41 AM, Denis Dodson wrote:
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> It’s Sunday. I want it fixes NOW!
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> From: tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:tcb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
> chuck
> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:41 AM
> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [tcb] Re: Hey, ya'll! Brakes question
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> Buy new ones.....
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> oleblue
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>> ----- Original Message -----
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>> From: Denis Dodson
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>> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 11:38 AM
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>> Subject: [tcb] Hey, ya'll! Brakes question
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>> My front driver’s side wheel is leaking brake fluid and I am going to find 
>> the leak today and re-build it. The shoes are covered in fluid, but are 
>> almost brand new. I want to re-use them. I have heard that, when soaked, 
>> they will never be good again. I am old enough to remember my Dad covering 
>> them with gas and lighting them on fire to “clean” them. Anybody know of 
>> that or any way to clean them dry?

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