rough brakes on '57

["r.van.Lent" <remco.nancy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Think you have to take a good look at the brake lining
souds like at least a part of it came lose
had about the same when piece of brake lining came loose and  was between
the remaining lining and the drum
You don't want your pasenger in the windshield
these things are to expencive to be crused by someones head

Remco
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippe Courant" <accf-club@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Fwdlk" <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 10:24 AM
Subject: IML: rough brakes on '57


> Hi,
> Yesterday the weather was fine so i drove my '57 as usual.
> And as usual i noted a very rough braking especially at low speed when i
> must stop at crossroads, red lights etc..
> I must depress very carefully the pedal to stop the car ! If not i throw
> the front passengers in the windshield !! Sure that Imperial brakes well
> (far superior to my '58 Buick..) but rather too hard. Seems that ther's
> no progressivity. The braking is on a fraction of  the pedal travel.
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> At normal speed the braking is less rough but i 've always in mind this
> problem in case of emergency braking.
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