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From: prg@mgweed.UUCP (Phil Gunsul)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: 75 Corvette - Repeated Disk Brake Problems
Message-ID: <12847@mgweed.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 11-Oct-84 18:11:49 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct 11 18:11:49 1984
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[ Ah' ain't 'fraid uh no bug! ]

I had a similar problem with my '72 Corvette one time.  The rust is
caused by moisture getting into the brake fluid.  Be sure that your
seal on the master cylinder is not punctured.  By the way, I solved
the problem by honing the cylinders (all 16 of them!) and draining
out the 'regular' brake fluid and replacing it with silicon brake
fluid.  This is rather expensive (about $16/quart when I bought it),
but so was your thousand dollar a shot brake job!  The car has run
about 3 years now and not lost any brake fluid.

One other fix is there are several dealers that offer stainless steel
inserts.  You send in your calipers, they return a set with the
stainless inserts.  Again, rather expensive, but I'm sure less than
your thousand dollar brake job...