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Originally Posted by RedDevil
Who needs a parking brake when you can shoulder it against a rock anyway? :P
Lug nuts don't do much, but if you change the hub material into something space age your wallet will be so much lighter you'd feel it at the pump.
Seriously, has anybody ever looked into the weight of the hub etc?
Why bolt that carbomagnesium rim on a pig iron hub?
Any other way to reduce weight on the hubs, or am I, err.... boring?
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I guess I am the only one who has seen back woods mechanics fix squeaking rear brakes with hose clamps.
I caught a local doing it and he was going through "lifetime" front pads every two years on his Dakota. The wheel cylinders in the drums were shot and leaking and he never had enough money to replace them but god forbid he go twenty minutes without smoking a pack of cigarettes. The parking brakes are mechanical so yes he would pass state inspections
Everyone knows the rear brakes are the most important part For safety and stopping!
