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long term storage-brake repairs
grinderman - June 15th, 2012 at 06:21 PM

My daughters 69' fastback has been sitting in a shed in victoria for over 5 years. After an engine rebuild I am going to drive the car to queensland but after a few laps of the block I find the brakes are grabbing constantly (probably rust in the drums) but when I put the car back in the shed I noticed the front left wheel was very hot so I'm guessing the calipers are seized. So my question is, am I better to replace both front calipers and rear wheel cylinders and flush fluid ect? Any advice is appreciated


homer - June 16th, 2012 at 07:36 AM

At the very least i would be flushing the lines but with such a long drive i think it would be safer to pull them apart and replace anything that needs to be.