Tell your friend to pull his parking brake on hard and off again about 50 times, while stopped. That may help quite a bit. Mark
Jack R. wrote: > Our friend limped home from London Ontario to N. of Detroit, soft pedal and > all. Didn't seem to improve, so I suspect that there was some damage. They > were original rear drums, as the van only has 60,000 original miles on it. > The rears were probably due for replacement anyway. > > Thanks for the cool suggestion however! > > Jack R. > |
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