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Old 11-10-2020, 01:08 PM
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I did my whole system 20 years ago, used dot 5, but you got me thinking.
I just had a rear caliper just hung up on my ‘95. It started smoking on the way home from cars and coffee. I sent both rears out.
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Old 11-10-2020, 02:40 PM
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Yikes ! That sucks, but that is a good reminder to check your brakes constantly before moving your collector car or anything BTW.
When I worked at the local Corvette shop in Calgary, we used to stock about 80 stainless calipers at any 1 time, I constantly was booking cars for brake work, we had a few customers ram our overhead door through out the years.
Let’s face it brakes are a very overlooked item, and seeing as DOT 3,4,& 5.1 brake fluids are hygroscopic and absorb moisture & humidity it causes lots of corrosion & rust, especially on Corvette fixed type calipers. Hardly anyone changes & flushes their brake system and this video is a great reminder not to ignore maintenance. How many reading this can honestly say they have flushed their brake system periodically?

BTW the Emergency brakes should also be used periodically to avoid seizing up.

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Old 11-15-2020, 12:27 PM
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Comin' in a little hot, don't you think!
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Old 11-15-2020, 12:49 PM
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I know many of you "meat servos" out there will know that when you start to taxi one of the first things ya' do is tap the brakes ...
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Wouldn’t shutting it off in 1st gear with the clutch out slowed it down a bit? I guess maybe because I race, I tend to react to catastrophic situations a little quicker. Losing the brakes in anything is nerve racking, but losing them going through the traps is in the back of every drag racers mind and I think we are subconsciously prepared for it. I run a stick and have thought out the sequence of events should it ever happen. I also check the brakes at every oil change. And, I have an operating emergency brake that I always use in the pits and during transport. The video shows the driver coming in hot and, I’m guessing went into shock when the brake pedal went to the floor. I don’t understand how the driver didn’t at least put his foot on the brake when he started the car? Who DOESN’T put their foot on the brake when they start a vehicle?
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Old 11-15-2020, 02:54 PM
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Wouldn’t shutting it off in 1st gear with the clutch out slowed it down a bit?

I don’t understand how the driver didn’t at least put his foot on the brake when he started the car? Who DOESN’T put their foot on the brake when they start a vehicle?
These were exactly my thoughts!!
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