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Old Jun 13, 2025 | 07:47 PM
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Sorry not very tech savvy, too bloody old. I live in the UK.
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Old Jun 17, 2025 | 03:48 PM
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Finally got to remove the brakes and found the following



so everyone who said the brakes were the issue were spot on. Now need to source the hardware, i have new shoes and have just bought a new rear disc.
I'm still gob smacked that the spring went from the bottom and was sitting on the top as shown but also that one side locking up would act like the whole rear end was seized.
All this can only be my fault.as I obviously removed and reinstalled the shoes when I did the rear bearings.
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Old Jun 17, 2025 | 04:03 PM
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Thanks for the update. Most Corvette parts vendors carry those parts.
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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 12:52 PM
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Old Jun 19, 2025 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by stilltrying
just bought a new rear disc.
If the main rotor where the caliper rides is good, I'd look into just having the drum trued. No reason to replace the whole thing when the portion needing attention is just a parking brake. Likewise, I may just run it as is... it's just the parking brake. 😉
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Old Jun 20, 2025 | 04:08 PM
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Funnily enough I found a new disc over on this side of the pond for £30 about $40 delivered so it’s cheaper than getting the drum portion trued up.

Next thing to look into is doing the diff, definitely changing the gears to the 3.08.
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Funnily enough I found a new disc over on this side of the pond for £30 about $40 delivered so it’s cheaper than getting the drum portion trued up.

Next thing to look into is doing the diff, definitely changing the gears to the 3.08.
Hang onto your old disc until you confirm the new one is up to par.
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Old Jun 22, 2025 | 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by barkingrats
Hang onto your old disc until you confirm the new one is up to par.

I don’t tend to throw anything away, even still got the smog pump, headers, original sump and timing cover. I think in all reality I am a bit of a hoarder.
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