Well, if everyone had similar results, even everyone in Indiana or the
salt belt, then I'd agree with you. Looks like significant service
every 4 yrs, on average. My experience in sunny VA is different,
although I do have one 164 from Illinois with no e-brake due to locked
up mechanisms as purchased by me. I replaced the cable, but haven't
worked out the calipers yet. Our southern-origin cars have not had
bothersome e-brake problems.
Is it possible that the 164 likes to have an occasional cable lube? Are
the rubber boots and cable-end strain reliefs intact? I have seen a CT
car with a rusted-out brake line. I'm not poking at you...it could be
that the design lets in too much salt from the roads where you are, and
that would be a weakness for some areas.
Michael T.
Jak, who thought the 164 brakes bad, said:
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 02:43:03 +0000
From: "doskow, jak" <[email protected]>
Subject: [alfa] 164 bad rear brake breaks !
got the rear calipers & pads on 1994 164Q (188050 miles) replaced today, had
been occasionally locking
up & smelling bad, were a rusted up uncooperative mess.
added to the maint. file & noticed, the same thing had been done, rotors
needed turning and twice
with the handbrake cable repleced too, in :
2/2002
11/2005
6/2009
9/2014 does this qualify as being a lousey design or a lousey
product ?
jak in Bloomington IN
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