Drum brakes vs. winter question

[type53 at gmail.com (Drew Mac)]

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:12:02 -0500 (EST), C Boyko
<roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
> 
> > And order a second cable; replace them as a set.
> 
> I really don't feel like doing both, I know, I'm lazy.

Cathy, Cathy, Cathy.  That's not acceptable.  You know you must always
replace your brake linings in pairs, and your brake cables in pairs
(they stretch over time, and you really don't want one longer than the
other)


> Well, this car better have decent meat left on the shoes, it's had two
> sets of them on that side since I've owned it (she killed a wheel bearing
> on that side too, and no, I didn't screw up the repacking, a
> "professioanal" may have though.) It's been a brakes nighmare, well, no,
> at least the lines (knock wood) have been good. See, it could always be
> worse.

OK, now this sounds like someone didn't replace the brake linings in
pairs.  Who needs a smack?

> Bah, same here now!!! But that would be +1.5C in my case. It swung that
> far in a day. So brakes may be on the books, before it goes back down to
> -19ish again. But there's all that "Mom at Christmas" stuff to do, baking,
> decoroating, wrapping, construction, etc. ;)

What, no working on a certain Mk1 that probably still runs like ass,
if (s)he runs at all? :) :)

Happy Christmas,

Drew