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I was changeing the brakes on this car.

Tiny
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Hi, I was changeing the brakes on this car today, and I noticed the rear brakes are both disc and drum. Not sure why this is, can you possibly tell me the purpose of this?
Saturday, December 8th, 2012 AT 11:55 PM

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Tiny
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The drum brake inside the rear rotor is the parking brake. That's a much better design than what Ford and GM use. Chrysler has always used the "drum in hat" design like you have. It's very trouble-free and it makes the disc brakes easy to service.
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Sunday, December 9th, 2012 AT 12:47 AM

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