Leaking brake fluid

[ats at longcoeur.com (Patrick Bureau)]

Common occurrence with drum brakes is the center piston (look in this image
linked below, if you look at the top of the brake internal components you
will see a black metallic cylinder about 2-4" long , the rubber seals on the
end cover the actual moving part, anyways, with time these get distorted and
leak or simply get a small tear in the boot, and your fluid is leaking from
there most likely.

This is a serious problem, and it can continue until it rips bad , and you
will loose the brake power on that wheel. (can be a dangerous situation if
it happens in traffic at high speed and in the dire need to brake hard and
keep control of the car)

Get it fixed ASAP buddy.. We lost enough Scirocco souls this year, rest
their spirits in peace ahem.


Picture of what I am talking about on this link
http://ats.longcoeur.com/Technotes/reardisc/P2240730.jpg


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->-----Original Message-----
->From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org 
->[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Paul Mikulencak
->Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:44 PM
->To: Scirocco-L@scirocco.org
->Subject: Leaking brake fluid
->
->My 81s is leaking brake fluid from the passenger rear side.  
->I do not know much about drum brakes and was planning to 
->investigate this weekend.  It does not appear to be leaking 
->from the bleeder valve so I guess it is happening inside the 
->drum?  Like I said, I am not sure what happens inside the 
->brake but I was hoping to get some advise before I begin my 
->investigation.  Any advise would be helpful. 
-> 
->thanks
-> 
->paul 
-> 
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