squealing brakes on '57

["Stevan Miner" <miner@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pull your front drums off and clean the brake dust off of the shoes and
drums. Make sure to use brake clean or something else suitable. Don't blow
off with compressed air-dangerous-asbestos dust! Then take a piece of emery
cloth and lightly scuff the shoes to remove the glaze. I have had them so
bad that I've also had to resurface the drums due to them being out of
round. This should take care of your brake noise.
Steve Miner
Miner Auto Service
Winnebago, MN
----- Original Message -----
From: "Philippe Courant" <accf-club@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 4:23 PM
Subject: IML: squealing brakes on '57


> Today  i drove my car in a lot of "stop and go" (2 miles driving with
> several braking  then stopping, then go back 2 miles, then stopping
> etc.. ) and i notice after 2 or three travels that front (drum) brakes
> make some squealing noise when i brake a little hard, especially when
> the car stopped. After another 2 or three travels, the noise increased
> and came sooner and also every time i brake the car . This noise is like
> the one you've sometimes on disc brakes  or the same than when a train
> stopped at a station !!!
> Then i stopped the car for 1 hour or two. When i took again the car, no
> noise when braking... But it came again after 20 or 30 braking ..
> The noise came from front (left i'm sure but it seems also that right
> drum makes noise) not from rear... The braking (except the noise) is
> correct.
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> Philippe COURANT (Pau, France)- Webmaster des sites ACCF et C-I-F
> Imperial 1957 Crown convertible
> Buick 1996 Roadmaster wagon
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