OK, we've had a bit of rain the past two days and my rear wheels have repeatedly locked up at slow speeds with only moderate force. This has NEVER happened before and the tyres are in good condition. The day before it started raining, I had a big moment on a country road at night when a rabbit ran out in front of the car - everything went sideways and I nearly hit a tree.. In that case, everything locked up but I think again it was the rears first which caused me to nearly spin. Up until these incidents, my trusty old 305 with 185 R14 Goodyear tyres has always been incredibly stable under braking - even particularly heavy braking. Whilst the 'rabbit' incident was a little bit more than normal braking, all other times, I've been braking with only a normal force.. it's starting to make me quite nervous everytime a car unexpectedly pulls out in front of me, or if I need to brake harder than initially expected. It's like the rear wheels just snatch up all of a sudden.
Anyone got any ideas? I'm probably going to take the drums off at the weekend and have a look, but I've got a feeling that things are going to look OK back there (after all, the brakes ARE working!).
Cheers,
Chris.