You may or may not recall my earlier post about the parking brake linings
for my 1990 Imperial.
You see, the rear disk brakes are built much like those on a 74/5 Imperial
in that they have a small drum brake inside the disk brake rotor. The drum
brake is simply there for the parking brake. When I took mine apart, after
buying the car, I found that the right side linings were dried up and
cracking and the left side seemed to have been oil soaked somehow. I called
around and the only place I could get replacement shoes was at my dealer.
The shoes were $89.00. If this had been the end of the story, I would have
paid the man, grumbled a little and then went on my way. This was NOT the
end of the story however. Chrysler had done some sort of "change-up" on the
shoes and therefore required that I buy the adjuster also. This adjuster
comes in three parts. The screw, the cap and the barrel. Keep in mind that
I needed two of everything to complete both sides of the car. Each of these
6 parts were priced between $20 and $25. The total price for replacing the
parking brake shoes in my 1990 Imperial was about $225.00! It would have to
get VERY cold in some very warm places for me to pay THAT! I called around
and found a place in town that re-lines brakes etc. I took them there on
Monday and I picked them up today. The man charged me $35.00 for the set.
Needless to say I was ecstatic! I am now one baby step closer to getting my
Imperial back together.
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