99 Silverado Rear Brake Rusted & Parking

Kevin I did ask the service mgr. what keeps the new backing plate
from rusting out and he did not know, he assumes they have been
improved. In any event I will be painting or otherwise rust proofing,
Since you have a real drum brake I do not think you have a problem.
I've never had this happen on any car or truck I've owned and I have
had some real old junk stuff at times. I have had to replace brake
lines that were rusted, and body panels (duh). Rust in the northern
states is a given, but not after just 6 years.

Once again this group is awesome!!

Kevin wrote:
> Been watching this thread and was surprised by the '99 having disc on the
> rear. My '99 Suburban has drum on the rear, no problems with the backing
> plates and ONLY the adjuster slot!
>
>
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I live in New Hampshire, is there a TSB or recall?

Al
Bottoms Up Divers

"SnoMan" <admin DeleteThis @snoman.com> wrote in message
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> On 28 Jun 2006 17:23:40 -0700, "MachineShop@hotmail.com"
> <MachineShop DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>I went in today to get rear parking brakes fixed... (at the dealership)
>>surprise not a recall item because I have a automatic transmission, not
>>manual. Exact same parking brakes, but since no one has died yet from
>>the parking brake failure on a automatic transmission its not covered!
>>Anyway the almost $300 repair job worked fine, I have better parking
>>brakes than new. Why do I care? I park on hills a lot and just somehow
>>can't bring myself to trust the parking pawl in the transmission.
>>
>>So since the brakes are working so good, I thought I'd jack up the rear
>>tire to make sure they did not have them sooo tight they were
>>dragging. They were ok, but I did notice a BIG hole (maybe 1 x 2
>>inches) rusted in both rear brake backing plates... I could look in and
>>see something that looked like brake parts!!
>>
>>I realize this is a 6 year old truck, but I've never seen so much rust
>>on everything underneath, brake, fuel lines and these brakes.
>> So should I just get some galvanized or stainless sheet metal and
>>patch up the hole, complain (to who?) or trade off the truck?
>
> Were do you live because they were fixing it for free in some rust
> belt areas on the Silverado style trucks.
> -----------------
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This is clearly off topic, so I will limit myself to this final comment.

This is the reference to top or bottom posting in 1855.

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"Eugene Nine" <no.RemoveThis@spam.com> wrote in message
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> JR wrote:
>
>> Usenet has NO STANDARD as to top or bottom posting.
>> It is personal preference and the Usenet GUIDELINES state as much.
>>
>
> RFC1855 is the guideline which says to not top post.
> Yes all rfc's are just guidelines but when you don't follow those
> guidelines
> communication breaks down. Just try to follow an old thread which has
> been
> top posted and you will see. Thats why when I got on the internet years
> ago I looked up the standard to see what it was.
>
 >> Stay informed about: 99 Silverado Rear Brake Rusted & Parking 

No not at this time.... but if you have a manual transmittion the
parking brake has a recall. When I get this fixed, I plan on
writting a nice letter to GM with some very clear photos of the rust
damage to the rear parking brake/rear brake backing plate.

ajtessier wrote:
> I live in New Hampshire, is there a TSB or recall?
>
> Al
> Bottoms Up Divers
>
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