<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Is there any chance that 1 or more brake cylinders are leaking? Did you get any grease or fluids on the shoes? If the cylinders are leaking new shoes and drums will quickly develop the same issues. <div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div>
<div>Charley Robinson</div><div>charleyrob@gmail.com</div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Mar 29, 2026, at 7:25 PM, dave northrup <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration-thickness: auto; text-decoration-style: solid;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Car was ostensibly a running driving car before it was dismantled. We got it in kit form<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Now its together; but brakes are TERRIBLE; you really have to stand on them to get the car to stop. I’ve adjusted the brakes as per recommendations, but I’m thinking a new set of brake pads and turn the drums is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I know this won’t hurt but am I right on this?<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">And yes, I know brakes are important; it was just shy of terrifying when I drove the car this afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; 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