[Vwdiesel] Who has rear brake drums turned?

[Nate Wall]

I flush the system every two years too (I mean really flush it w/ about 2 quarts
of fluid, pain in the butt, wheel at a time), that's what's odd. And they ARE
corroded inside (in most instances). I've been using cheap Wagner brand from Trak
Auto for about $15.00 each. Now I can get ATE for the same. Sometimes I rebuild
them for about $7 each and have the same luck. I think what is happening is thet
water is getting in the drum and into the boot in the cylinder. During the winter
months I would thuroughly hose down the Jetta (underside especially) after each
snow when the roads were salted. For any given snow, this would be about 4 times.
Then I discovered I was getting water in the brake drums and I stopped hosing the
brake backing plates. I think that may be where most of my problems arrose. We
haven't had any snow here in two years, so these have lasted the longest of any.

--Nate

W3wjr at aol.com wrote:

> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> Keep in most times a wheel cylinder goes bad because of corrosion inside the
> bore.  This is caused by water in the brake fluid.  After you replace them,
> suck all the fluid out of the master cylinder, replace it with new, and bleed
> the complete system until it runs clear.  I change mine about every 2 years
> in everything I own.
>
> In a message dated 9/13/2002 11:39:08 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> LBaird119 at aol.com writes:
>
> > I'd just replace the bad one.  When they're many years old you can
> > assume the other is going to go as well.  When they're only a year or
> > two it sounds like early failure.  My Rabbit still has the originals as
> > does nearly everything I own!
> >      Loren
> >
>
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