Nowincolor
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- September 18, 2000
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- City, State
- Chandler, AZ
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 1993 XLT
Couple of questions for the wrenchheads in the forum...
I am redoing the rear brakes on my '93 Xplorer XLT 4x4.
The previous owner told me that he had changed the shoes, pads, fluids,,etc. Me being the Boy Scout I am, I trusted him. Shame on me. My brakes have been intermittently, failing to work. Especially if I drive over a series of small bumps, like wash board, or a bad intersection. I can push on the brake pedal as hard as I can, and it does nothing. Right before it does this, it makes a sound like your stomach makes, a muffled rumbling. Any ideas on that problem would be appreciated as well. I pulled off my drums yesterday, and found there was no shoe left. Literally, my stopping power came from friction of rivots. Today, I bought new wheel cylinders, drums, shoes, springs,,Everything. I'm doing it all. My main question, besides why my brakes do that thing on the bumps, is how hot do drums get? I have two types of paint 500 degree and 1200 degree. The 1200 degree is black, and the 500 degree is red. Would it be ok to paint the drums red?
Sorry about the jumping from subject to subject. I'm really tired, I was working on getting the passenger side rear drum off when the fireworks went off, and realized it was 2001. Hehehe, happy new year.
~Chris
I am redoing the rear brakes on my '93 Xplorer XLT 4x4.
The previous owner told me that he had changed the shoes, pads, fluids,,etc. Me being the Boy Scout I am, I trusted him. Shame on me. My brakes have been intermittently, failing to work. Especially if I drive over a series of small bumps, like wash board, or a bad intersection. I can push on the brake pedal as hard as I can, and it does nothing. Right before it does this, it makes a sound like your stomach makes, a muffled rumbling. Any ideas on that problem would be appreciated as well. I pulled off my drums yesterday, and found there was no shoe left. Literally, my stopping power came from friction of rivots. Today, I bought new wheel cylinders, drums, shoes, springs,,Everything. I'm doing it all. My main question, besides why my brakes do that thing on the bumps, is how hot do drums get? I have two types of paint 500 degree and 1200 degree. The 1200 degree is black, and the 500 degree is red. Would it be ok to paint the drums red?
Sorry about the jumping from subject to subject. I'm really tired, I was working on getting the passenger side rear drum off when the fireworks went off, and realized it was 2001. Hehehe, happy new year.
~Chris
