Girling brakes in the wet

[Peter Naulls]

I appreciate all your thoughts, on and offline. The more I think about it the more it seems likely that the linings are the cause but it does seem odd to me that the drums get particularly wet - and I would expect any water to disperse very quickly. Just how absorbent are asbestos linings I wonder?

I shall get the drums off at the weekend and have a more thorough look. 

I intend to rebuild the whole braking system over the winter but want to make sure I solve this issue in the process. When I reline them am I better to use old stock asbestos linings (which I have) or go for the oft-mentioned green gripper bonded linings?