ijk@houxt.UUCP (10/10/84)
In the last 6 years, I've had the disk brakes fail on my 'vette FOUR times, each time costing about $1000 to repair (no, I don't drive 100,000 miles a year, nor do I race the car.) The problem is the that the seals on the brakes rust out, and are extremely expensive to replace. (I don't normally drive the car much in winter, in fact, since the last time I had the brakes done, I don't think I've put more than a couple thousand of miles on the car since I use another car for commutting). Several questions: what's going on??? How can I prevent this from reocurring?? I don't to get rid of the car, with the price of them these days, it's the last one I'll ever own, unless I finally win a lottery. Is there a pertinent Hotline number at GM that I can discuss this (boy, I wish they adopted ford's line, if they fix it once, you never have to pay for it again!!!). Oh well, all pertinent replies appreciated. Ihor Kinal houxt!ijk
prg@mgweed.UUCP (Phil Gunsul) (10/12/84)
[ Ah' ain't 'fraid uh no bug! ] I had a similar problem with my '72 Corvette one time. The rust is caused by moisture getting into the brake fluid. Be sure that your seal on the master cylinder is not punctured. By the way, I solved the problem by honing the cylinders (all 16 of them!) and draining out the 'regular' brake fluid and replacing it with silicon brake fluid. This is rather expensive (about $16/quart when I bought it), but so was your thousand dollar a shot brake job! The car has run about 3 years now and not lost any brake fluid. One other fix is there are several dealers that offer stainless steel inserts. You send in your calipers, they return a set with the stainless inserts. Again, rather expensive, but I'm sure less than your thousand dollar brake job...