Bill Stoneberg Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibarlaw Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Looks more like WIKI how not to! First time I ever saw a disk caliper on a brake drum!! It would be nice to give a jacking point on your suspension first. Not a good idea to be lifting the vehicle on the drum brake! If this is step 1 I would hate to see what the other steps are.... Of course it is on the computer so it HAS to be correct.... ???? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 I want to see the wheel! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thriller Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 I saw it on the Internet, so it MUST be true.... 🙄🙄🤣🤣🤣🤣 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 Ahhh...the discdrum braking system that never made it to production. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 With instructions like that, I wonder how many would be stumped if their car only had 4 lug nuts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50jetback Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 That floor jack looks suspiciously like a jack stand. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 Whoever wrote that one must have stayed at a Holiday Inn Express the night before... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted August 2, 2019 Share Posted August 2, 2019 No one should be denied a chance to see the whole article. https://www.wikihow.com/Replace-Brake-Seals-on-Drum-Brakes Who knows, today you could meet a car in the oncoming lane that was serviced by these instructions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KongaMan Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Go to step 5. One of the wheel studs has somehow disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Schramm Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 Now that was a funny "how to fix" article. Jumping from calipers pictures to wheel cylinder pictures and back and everything in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD1956 Posted August 3, 2019 Share Posted August 3, 2019 It is not that funny when the page shows it has been read over 12 thousand times. I wonder what the liability is for something so blatantly misleading being used as a reference and then an ensuing accident? Of course, chances are good that those who relied on this probably crashed their car right outside their own driveway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmTee Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 "Your mileage may vary..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lrlforfun Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 OK Buick People: I'm really disappointed in the fact that nobody mentioned that it'll buff out. Mitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTX5467 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Did y'all notice that this was on a FWD/AWD car? With front drum brakes (at least until Step #5). Wonder what pictures that illustrator was looking at? NTX5467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misterc9 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Maybe this is just a really bad translation from some other language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RivNut Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I'd bet that when someone trying to fix their brakes for the first time read this and looked atvyhe picyures then compared what he saw in the pictures to what's in front of him, he would immediately call the nearest garage and schedule his car for a brake job. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodneybeauchamp Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Wow, that is very scary, so misleading. In their endeavour to be politically correct and generic and not favour a particular make or model, they have missed the boat entirely. Incorrect and misleading names given for parts, brake cylinder, cylinder cups, cylinder boots are the standard names. Misleading and inaccurate diagrams. If I were a novice with zero knowledge, then according to the diagrams and text, all I need to do is replace those two outer dust boots, bleed the system them I’m good to go! And then what?? It would be really funny, if it were not safety related! Just my two bobs worth (US$ 0.000567c) Rodney 😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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