Learned a thing or two about Festy brakes...

[festyxfi]

Hi group,

Thought I share a festy experience with ya'll.

The rear brakes on my 89 started to grind last week, so I pulled the drums to replace the shoes and bearings. I hoped I could also figure out why the e-Brake keeps sticking. After multiple assemblies and disassemblies I finally figured out that e-brake arm that sticks out the back of the hub is suppose to pivit freely. Both were completely gummed up to the point of cemenation (if that's a word) took a hour each side of parts blaster and wiggling back and forth to get them moving properly again. Now I have new rear brakes AND a working e-brake.

Always feels good to learn something new about these little cars...

Brenton

[jglutz]

cemenation (if that's a word)

It is now.

[Icedawg]

no its not!
I mean, if you're going to invent it follow some Latin roots rules or somesuch (if that's a word), how about cementation!
true about the emergency brake parts though.

[Biglay5150]

Sounds like a word that would be used in the adult movie industry. LOL

[festyxfi]

I meant to use the non-word "cementation"....

Brakes working beautifully now.

[MONSOON]

From dictionary.com
ce·men·ta·tion Audio Help /ˌsimənˈteɪʃən, -mɛn-, ˌsɛmən-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[see-muhn-tey-shuhn, -men-, sem-uhn-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun 1.the act, process, or result of cementing. 2.Metallurgy. the heating of two substances in contact in order to effect some change in one of them, esp., the formation of steel by heating iron in powdered charcoal.
[Origin: 1585–95; cement + -ation]


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n.

1. <LI minmax_bound="true">The act, process, or result of cementing.
2. A metallurgical coating process in which iron or steel is immersed in a powder of another metal, such as zinc, chromium, or aluminum, and heated to a temperature below the melting point of either.

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A metallurgical coating process in which a metal or alloy such as iron or steel is immersed in a powder of another metal, such as zinc, chromium, or aluminum, and heated to a temperature below the melting point of either. Cementation is often employed to increase resistance to oxidation.

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Main Entry: ce·men·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "sE-"men-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act or process of attaching (as a dental restoration to a natural tooth) by means of cement
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Cementation
Case"hard`en*ing\, n. The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. --Ure.

Note: Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat. See Cementation. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Cementation
Ce*ment"\ (s[e^]*m[e^]nt" or s[e^]m"[e^]nt), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.]

1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n., 2.

4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."

5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum.

Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Cementation
Cem`en*ta"tion\, n. 1. The act or process of cementing.

2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

[jglutz]

HOLY Noah Webster!!

[Kraig]

Too much info

[festyxfi]

It IS a word!....

[KingFish]

I used some cement acid (carodic, corodic some such thing)my brother had in the garage to free up my towers. Things came out looking like new and work perfect.

[deathegg]

Sure it's a word. It's a totally cremulant word.
(from The Simpsons)

[festivaWES]

Man you have to much time on your hands to google cementation..

[MONSOON]

I was already here and it took all of 5 seconds to type it in at www.dictionary.com

[Biglay5150]

no its not!
I mean, if you're going to invent it follow some Latin roots rules or somesuch (if that's a word), how about cementation!
true about the emergency brake parts though.

I like cemenation better.

[Icedawg]

yeah but that's pronounced something like "semen nation" which could get a little scary.