"CHARLES ANGELICH" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (23 Mar
05  15:28:00)
 --- on the heady topic of "Win98FE Harddrivicide?"

 MR> Losing the brakes twice like that can be traumatizing
 MR> indeed! Recall, GM has an historical problem with rear drum
 MR> brakes. Many models were recalled because of too thin guage
 MR> steel used for the backplate. The cylinders simply pop out
 MR> of alignment because the backplate buckles. Rust just makes
 MR> the problem worse. Replacing the cylinders alone is just a
 MR> stop gap measure. There may be a hidden guarantee on the
 MR> brake backplate if there was a recall. Check this out first
 MR> thing.

 CA> Thank you for the suggestion but I would have to convince GM
 CA> that _they_ made the Lincoln and not FoMoCo. ;-)


Likely they outsource it to the same part makers, though I obviously
had a mental lapse there. ;-)  Funny to remember the last Ford I drove
would smoke from the steering column if I just looked at it wrong.

 M*i*k*e

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