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never had this happen before.. #246260 03/07/09 10:30 PM 03/07/09 10:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland 440newport OP master
440newport OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland	The other day I was on my way to work in my '90 W-150. Coming to a stop sign I hit the brakes and heard a banging noise followed by losing all pedal pressure. Luckily there was no traffic and I wasn't going very fast anyways so I was able to come to stop by gearing down and pumping the pedal a bunch. At first I thought the noise was up front, but I looked under the back and noticed one of the E-brake cables hanging down along with a piece of brake line. I looked at the backing plate on the driver side and then I see the wheel cylinder is on the bottom! Anyways, I get it back home (using the E-brake still working on one wheel which worked surprisingly well) I get the drum off and see the backing plate looks like this...the inner part where it bolts to the housing was pretty rusty but I never thought it would rip off. I actually saw a few small holes in it back when I bought the truck, and I knew I should have replaced it then but I kept putting it off because of the pain of having to pull the axle (9.25), the stinky gear oil etc...Guess I should have done it sooner, and it could have been a lot worse. 5077379-brake3.JPG (58 downloads)

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 440newport] #246261 03/07/09 10:33 PM 03/07/09 10:33 PM
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AARCONV master Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 5,193 NEW JERSEY	i've seen where the drum itself breaks...the face that bolts to the axle breaks from the drum surface that touches the brake shoe lining...

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 440newport] #246262 03/07/09 10:34 PM 03/07/09 10:34 PM
Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 611 Joplin, MO 734x4PW mopar
734x4PW mopar Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 611 Joplin, MO	Yea, you have rust issues up there, don't ya! Good thing you weren't in a critical situation. That might have ended up in a tragedy. Events like these give us the time to do things we need to do, don't they? Mark

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 734x4PW] #246263 03/07/09 10:39 PM 03/07/09 10:39 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland 440newport OP master
440newport OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland	Quote: Yea, you have rust issues up there, don't ya! Good thing you weren't in a critical situation. That might have ended up in a tragedy. Events like these give us the time to do things we need to do, don't they? Mark Yeah, like I said it could have been much worse. I had brake lines bust on me on other cars before, though always on the rear for some reason? But I would usually still have some brake power...this time I had nothing, coasted right on through the stop sign.

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 440newport] #246264 03/07/09 11:31 PM 03/07/09 11:31 PM
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gamagoat6x6 super street Joined: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,118 Alone in the darkness	Good old eastern rot. Gives me nightmares just remembering working on those cars for a living. `02 RAM2500 SPORT V10 4x4 `06 GMC sierra NO cars

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 440newport] #246265 03/07/09 11:33 PM 03/07/09 11:33 PM
Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,806 Newfoundland Canada M Mopar1 top fuel
Mopar1 top fuel M Joined: Mar 2003 Posts: 1,806 Newfoundland Canada	Quote: Yeah, like I said it could have been much worse. I had brake lines bust on me on other cars before, though always on the rear for some reason? But I would usually still have some brake power...this time I had nothing, coasted right on through the stop sign. You might want to check your front lines too. You still should've had front braking power even though the rear failed.

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: Mopar1] #246266 03/08/09 12:10 AM 03/08/09 12:10 AM
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mopargem master Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 3,378 KY USA	Maybe it's time to CRUSH IT! 68 Polara 500...LL1 Y7 M6X 69 Hemi road runner...X9 X9 M6X 69 A12 road runner....R4 R4 M6X 69 ModTop FLORAL Super Bee...F 70 AAR 'cuda...EW1 EW1 H4X9 71 Duster 340...FJ6 V24 L6X9 71 road runner FC7 V1X M6X9 72 Rallye Charger B5 V1W 74 'cuda 360...KB5 V1X A6X9 08 SRT Challenger #234

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 440newport] #246267 03/08/09 12:18 AM 03/08/09 12:18 AM
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edmopar440 member E Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 65 florida	HAD SAME THING HAPPEN ON MY 89 DAKOTA WITH 300,000 MILES GOT NEW ONES FROM MOPAR AND BACK ON THE ROAD..ED

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: mopargem] #246268 03/08/09 12:19 AM 03/08/09 12:19 AM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland 440newport OP master
440newport OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland	Quote: Maybe it's time to CRUSH IT! No way, it's a good solid truck otherwise...good chassis, floors etc...the inner rockers and rear wheel wells are a little soft but no big deal. 5077654-w1501.jpg (33 downloads)

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 440newport] #246269 03/08/09 10:15 AM 03/08/09 10:15 AM
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62maxwgn master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 9,436 Blair County,PA	You may want to watch things a little closer,that didn't happen overnight.

Re: never had this happen before.. [Re: 62maxwgn] #246270 03/08/09 12:43 PM 03/08/09 12:43 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland 440newport OP master
440newport OP master Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 4,588 St. John's Newfoundland	Quote: You may want to watch things a little closer,that didn't happen overnight. I know what you mean but when was the last time you inspected your backing plates? Like I said, in the first post I knew it was a bit rusty and I knew I should have replaced it but I never got around to it until it broke.

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