Brake shoes

["Larry Noska" <lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I inspected my brake shoes today and found cracks in the lining.  On the
rear shoes is this a problem?  Should I change the shoes???

The shoe is the one that was not working until after I adjusted it.  It has
almost 100% left.  But I did find brake dust in the wheel this time, so it
is working.  The other side is about 40% used??  I wondered if it was
working after I adjusted it that is why I pulled the wheel to check.  I
don't remember seeing the cracks before.

This is something I would want to do before my trip.

Dads 82


Lawrence R Noska
lnoska@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Hauser, ID 83854

-----Original Message-----
From: mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mailing-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Edward Trenn
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 3:02 PM
To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: IML: IML-Slight Hiss

Brian,
Forgive me if this is too basic a solution... I may have misunderstood the
question.

In my '64 and a '65 that I've ridden in, the slight hiss when the car was in
gear was due to a vaccuum leak in the hose activating the automatic parking
(i.e., emergency) brake release. Sometimes the hose under the dash near the
transmission connection can work itself loose. It's worth taking a look
under the dash.

Ed

In a message dated 7/28/2004 10:42:35 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Brian Shea"
<bshea@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>when i put the car in gear i can here a slight hiss under the dash.The
>manual works fine.
>