Tough to beat nature!
Tough to beat nature!
The rotors probably leaked because he wasn't using the correct viscosity rotor grease. The correct grease to use is clearly listed in the Johnson Rod manual.
Or maybe he meant to say the the brake cylinders leaked which would be because they weren't rebuilt or replaced. Drum brakes are significantly more difficult to repair, and I am sure that very few younger mechanics have much experience with them.
Rust belt wrote:
Counterintuitively, don’t keep your car in the garage. The freezing and melting everyday is way harder on the metal than just leaving the car out in the cold. I lived in Maine for years and my mechanic gave me that tip
If you have ice on the brake components while driving the car then you don't need to worry about corrosion since the brakes aren't functioning.
Keep using the garage and find a better mechanic.
Precious Roy wrote:
There are various sealant products that you can put on your wheels that help them resist the salt and other chemicals used to clear the roads. The other option is to put your snow tires on a separate set of rims that are better suited for winter.
What does this have to do with his brakes?
Have you ever owned a boat? Those things require some killer maintenance!!
So put that in your pipe and smoke it!!
Another problem is in summers in hot places when you literally have the opposite weather, that can damage your car. In hot places I seen cars where it looks like the bonnet and roves look like they were burned in a fire. You can literally see paint flaking of. I'm not sure of the mechanics of what this kind of weather does to the various parts of the car. Would that also be bad like winter does? I was thinking of moving to Mauritania when I have saved comfortably enough, but I also want a really nice car. I want to keep it safe for ever.
Buy higher quality brake parts that are corrosion resistant.
http://www.wagnerbrake.com/news/wagner-expanding-premium-e-shield.html
https://www.summitracing.com/int/search/product-line/wilwood-aluminum-brake-rotors
https://www.autozone.com/landing/page.jsp?name=duralast-gold-rotors
Keep car in garage wrote:
it was the wheel cylinders that leaked
BoBBy KnighT wrote:
What did they leak?
Keep car in garage wrote:
probably the shop didn't change the old wheel cylinders, which was dumb on their part
No Way wrote:
You probably mean brake cylinders, and they probably leaked brake fluid.
The ones I got are wheel cylinders.
Search drum brake wheel cylinder dorman 00 honda (37847, 37846) on Ebay.
Yes, when the brakes were done by the shop, the wheel cylinders were leaking brake fluid.
I don't know what brake cylinders are, but am not a mechanic.