janstett
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- Joined
- Jul 9, 2005
- Messages
- 1,924
- Location
- Chester, NJ
- Car(s)
- 86 944 Turbo, 2000 TA, 09 GC Overland, 11 CLS550
IMHO not having brake discs at the rear axle in the first place at the rear axle is even more embarrassing - even my first 14 year old Audi 80 which had a mind-blowing 90 bhp had (real ) break discs at the rear axle, and IMO Audi wasn't yet a "premium manufacturer" at that time...
My 2002 Jeep has drums in the rear, but even Chrysler got the picture by 2003 and switched to discs.
I guess it's cheaper, and they figure the rear brakes do very little work, but I can't stand drum brakes and they're always giving me problems on my Jeep -- easily get clogged with mud, the springs holding the shoe to the drum keep breaking ,etc.
My 1985 Isuzu I-Mark also had drums in the rear. A lot of cheap econoboxes seem to still do it to this day. I wish they would just burn down the factory that makes the drum brakes and forget they exist.