Well one day I was driving along in my town and it happened to be
Be thankful for your mothers day and I was cruising through this parade and to make a long story short , This old lady in a
wheelchair skerted out into the middle of the road and i was going about 25 and she was like 20 feet away. all of a sudden I slamed
on my brakes and they dident stop rite away they just made a
bunch of metal clanking noise and i barged into this old lady sending her sailing into the crowd of ppl with her wheel chair bouncing rite behind her. I figured this all happened because i pumped my brakes to hard with such an old car and the mechanisms just failed. What do you think would be the cause of somthing like this?
2007-02-27 03:09:44 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You need to re-line (re-shoe) your brakes, and/or get them checked out for fluid leaks.
Leaking fluid will show up during a good visual inspection.
Checking for the need of a relining requires that you remove the wheels, then the Brake drums (The dust is sorta toxic) so you can visually inspect the linings wear. Check the drums for wear (Remaining thickness) and/or 'hot spots' (Bluing) too.
2007-02-27 03:18:46 · answer #1 · answered by occluderx 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First fantasy boy, hitting someone in a wheel chair at less then 25 mph would not send them and the chair flying so revamp that part of your lie. Next no parade goes 25 mph so change that to 10 mph. Next Buick did not make a 1955 Skylark. It was only made from 53 to 54 then dropped until 1961. So I guess what the cause is you need to stop eating before bed as it causes strange dreams!
2007-02-27 11:29:33 · answer #2 · answered by uthockey32 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What I want to know is how were you driving 2 cars at the same time? A 1955 Buick Skylark and an 88 Grand Marquis? In the same parade??
2007-02-27 11:21:34 · answer #3 · answered by Doug K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your breaks are metal to metal,which means the break shoes are gone and you will need new drums as well .If you wait to long they can weld together and you will need to cut them off with a torch and that is hard to do.The shoes have asbestos in them so don't blow them with compressed air.
2007-02-27 11:37:41 · answer #4 · answered by dleemacc 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try smoking a little less ganja, and waste your points on something even more meaningless.
Thanks for the 2 points though!
2007-02-27 11:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by yes_its_me 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Invent another story. That one is getting old. Do you have invisible friends? Hear voices that no one else can hear?
2007-02-27 11:38:51 · answer #6 · answered by RANDLE W 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how many old ladys in wheelchairs did you run over??? it happened in your 88 Mercury too
2007-02-27 11:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋