[DeTomaso] brake sounds

Christopher Kimball chrisvkimball at msn.com
Mon Jul 7 15:18:47 EDT 2008


My front brakes were rebuilt using Porterfield brake pads and new,'66 Mustang rotors.
 
The mechanic said the back brakes looked good and didn't need anything.
 
Thanks,
 
Chris
 
> Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 11:39:47 -0700> From: asajay at asajay.com> To: detomaso at realbig.com> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] brake sounds> > Just as an aside to this, when I recently pulled my rear brakes off > the passenger side, one pad was worn paper thin, the other was > extremely thick. This is one of the reasons I purchased the Fathers > Day special for rebuild kits from Wilkinson.> > Asa Jay> > Quoting JDeRyke at aol.com:> > > Just make very sure it isn't a brake pad backing plate touching a rotor! On> > cars infrequently driven hard, occasionally a single piston in one or more> > calipers will varnish up and stick in its bore. The stock brakes are > > usually good> > enough so an infrequent driver may not notice the slight fall-off in brake> > power in city driving. Are your brakes stock or modified? Good luck- J Deryke> >> >> >> > **************> > Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient> > used cars.> > (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)> > _______________________________________________> >> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> >> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> >> > DeTomaso mailing list> > DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> > http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso> >> > > _______________________________________________> > Detomaso Forum Managed by POCA> > Archive Search Engine Now Available at http://www.realbig.com/detomaso/> > DeTomaso mailing list> DeTomaso at list.realbig.com> http://list.realbig.com/mailman/listinfo/detomaso


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