Unlucky - but lucky at it.

[Don Jordan]

I got a flat tire - unlucky, but it happened on my drive way - lucky

 

A friend came over to work on his car.  Rather than start the Plymouth up to get it out of the garage my friend just pushed it.  It was very quiet and as the car rolled back it sounded like it was dragging some thing.  Rolled it back more and my friend said it sounded like a front wheel bearing.  I started the car drove it on the lift but couldn't hear anything with the car running.  Took the wheel and drum off - inside there was a broken brake spring.  I have no idea how long it was broken but I am lucky I found it when I did.  Called Bernbaum and will get 8 springs delivered.  I think it would be uncomfortable to find that problem at 55 on the freeway 100 miles from home.

[Dan Hiebert]

That's the only part that's ever broken on our D24, once on a front, once on a back.  Both times while out and about.  No warning, or way to tell its gonna happen, it just does.  One was on the car when we got it, but unsure if it was original.  The other was a replacement, but don't remember where I got it.  Replaced all of them with parts from CARQUEST when I completely rebuilt the brakes 9 years or so ago.  Car will still stop, but makes a heckuva noise going down the road, and drags that wheel really hard.  "Exciting" when it's one of the front wheels. 

[Don Coatney]

MTBF Mean Time Before Failure is unpredictable on many things springs topping the list.