99 Silverado Rear Brake Rusted & Parking

Same on my 2000 Silverado. I was going to change them when I replaced the rear pads but you need to pull the rear axels to do it.

Al

Were do you live because they were fixing it for free in some rust belt areas on the Silverado style trucks.

----------------- The SnoMan

was it a hole rusted or just the edges of the little hole used to loosen the adjuster?

Every real drum brake I've seen had that hole at the bottom, no trial and error needed.

Yes, what I'm saying is there is still a hole in the bottom, mine has one ( '04 ) for the adjuster. Also please post correctly in the thread, your making it difficult for others to follow.

They didn't switch back to drum brakes until 05, mine still has the rear discs. I haven't needed to adjust mine yet but see the oval hole at the bottom like traditional drum brakes.

Just because you have always posted the wrong way doesn't mean you should continue. Your or my preference doesn't matter unless we wish to re-write the usenet standard, I switched to posting properly years ago when I learned there was a standard.

So is yours rusted...? I'm looking for a solution. Thank you for your input.

Not yet, but mine is newer so we shall see in a couple years. What I mean is there is a hole there already so yours is probably not rusted through.

Follow Up: Just got off the phone with the service manager of the dealership, they will allow me labor credit for not calling me when the whole thing was apart and given me the option of replacing the back plates then. So since there is not a recall I get to pay another $300 plus to R&R backplates... I will need to go to GM for any claims for labor and materials.

Thanks Eugene and others for taking the time to reply.

snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote:

Been watching this thread and was surprised by the '99 having disc on the rear. My '99 Suburban has drum on the rear, no problems with the backing plates and ONLY the adjuster slot!

Kevin I did ask the service mgr. what keeps the new backing plate from rusting out and he did not know, he assumes they have been improved. In any event I will be painting or otherwise rust proofing, Since you have a real drum brake I do not think you have a problem. I've never had this happen on any car or truck I've owned and I have had some real old junk stuff at times. I have had to replace brake lines that were rusted, and body panels (duh). Rust in the northern states is a given, but not after just 6 years.

I live in New Hampshire, is there a TSB or recall?

Al Bottoms Up Divers

RFC1855 is the guideline which says to not top post. Yes all rfc's are just guidelines but when you don't follow those guidelines communication breaks down. Just try to follow an old thread which has been top posted and you will see. Thats why when I got on the internet years ago I looked up the standard to see what it was.