Time to start spending money

[Pesty351]

Ok so I've been driving it back and forth to work everyday this week. Its been great. Until today after work I went down to seco about 20 min there and 20 min back. When I was about 5 min's from home the whole car started to shimmy. BAD. Steering wheel, shifter, everything. I stop to check the easy things wheel falling off, driveshaft, and general look at everything. Didn't see anything wrong. Drove it the rest of the way home and the shimmying came and went. It seemed to be somewhat speed related but wasn't consistent. When I got home I smelled a burning rubber plastic smell but still couldn't find anything wrong. I'm going to go put it on jacks now to see if I can find anything but was wondering if ya'll have anything specific in mind to look for. Any ideas?

[Grand Marquis GT]

Weird. Might be something totally unrelated...

[Pesty351]

Well went out a jack up the car and both of the front wheels when lock-up solid. So I took off the caly's sprayed'um with a little PB blaster and put'um back on. Seem's to have fixed the problem. Hopefully it won't come back.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Oh so the calipers were locking up?

[Pesty351]

Yup.

[Pirate]

Time to replace them.

[Pesty351]

Why would both of them go bad at once. Seems a little weird to me.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Sure there isn't like a hard line being pinched somewhere?

[Pirate]

Why would both of them go bad at once. Seems a little weird to me.

I don't think either of them 'went' anywhere. The car sat for some time, during winter, and water tends to be absorbed into brake lines due to condensation. Water then causes rust....and rust seizes calipers.

Problem solved, lol.

[1987cp]

What is your recommendation, O great piratey person, for keeping said moisture from condensing into said brake fluid at the caliper end of things?

[Pesty351]

I don't think either of them 'went' anywhere. The car sat for some time, during winter, and water tends to be absorbed into brake lines due to condensation. Water then causes rust....and rust seizes calipers.

Problem solved, lol.

Winter? Its been in the 60's and 70's the whole time the car sat. I fiqure this weekend I will take the wheels off check all my lines and give them a good bleeding and see where that leaves me.

[Pirate]

What is your recommendation, O great piratey person, for keeping said moisture from condensing into said brake fluid at the caliper end of things?

Flush the brake lines occasionally, once every couple of years or so. I forgot that Pesty lives in Florida, but the suggestion still applies, even in his situation.

[p71towny]

Sitting= bad for most components of cars. Seals get shitty, stuff sticks and salt air can fux up lots o stuff. I dunno, just use it or loose it.

[Pesty351]

It only sat a little over a month. I haven't had a problem with them since. I'm still going to keep an eye on them though. Now I'm in the search for a exhaust shop that is willing to work on a car with no cats and do side pipes. All I need is the tailpipes fabed but there all these law things that people a afraid of breaking.

[Grand Marquis GT]

Shouldn't have a problem getting tailpipes if the section where the cats are is intact (even if there is no cats)

If you want, I have a spot right near Eglin that will do them, he did mine.