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Nice. Maybe they were the wrong cylinders, or were sticking. . makes sense if there was little wear on the shoes. Either way it sounds like that alone should have improved your brakes. No need to replace the drums unless they were really worn. I need do the same thing to mine. . fluid is getting nasty and I've not touched the rear brakes since I bought it.
I can't speak to the new Steering boxes from Borgeson, but I can tell you the rebuilt box I got from Lares, off rockauto has been totally fine. It's been like a year and half and I've had no problems, other than my PS pump starting to whine, but the pump is the one thing I haven't replaced.
Also, I'm right with you on the paint as well. Had it all mirror shiny, and it's looking very chalky and flat again too. I even keep mine in the garage and it's still gotten bad again. . . Can't imagine sitting outside full time. You're inspiring me. . .might try to work on that this week.
That’s a good idea for a video. Detailing and paint correction videos are huge on YouTube right now.
Is this covered by a fender flare? If so, I'd cut back every last bit of rust and neutralize it best you can (rustoleum, naval jelly, etc) and then cover it back up.
If you need something to be replaced, you might try fiberglass and epoxy. This is what I used when I found a rust hole on the top of the wheel hump in my back door from internal corrosion. I cleaned it as best I could and then sealed it using West System Epoxy. This is different than the fiber-glassing kits you get at auto-parts stores or at the hardware store. It will bond to clean metal. The last picture is from two years after the repair. I don't even think about that it is there.
Here are some pics. The repair was done in Oct 2015:
Yes, it’s mostly covered by the wheel arch trim. I took a wire brush to the spots that had rust, and then hit it with Rustoleum Rust Reformer for now.
The hole just looked like a bit of surface rust with paint peeling around it until I started poking around at it and peeling away the paint. The other side of that is the inner wheel arch, so as long as I can get all of the rusting metal out of there, I might be able to fill it in and keep it from rusting again. I’m just terrified that if I don’t have it welded, I’m going to cause a bigger problem in a few years.
Last edited by stevbre1; Nov 10, 2019 at 04:05 PM.
I'm sure there is more experienced people here who can address the welding issue but I'm not sure that welding will necessarily stop rust. I think I was told that by a body shop once.
Just make sure you get all of what is inside coated and sealed too. My big hole that I fixed on the outside looked like a pin hole. To get to good metal to which I could epoxy, I had to make the hole as large as you saw.
We got about a foot of snow on Tuesday. So, on Thursday afternoon, I drove around for a while and hit the brakes on the ice several times to get the ABS to activate. Then, I went home and bled the brakes...again. I did get quite a bit of air out of the lines this time, but I didn't see any difference in the pedal.
I finally got an impact wrench, which made taking the wheels off MUCH less of a pain this time. I decided last month that I wasn't going to attempt to replace the steering box until I have an impact wrench.
