brakes

So my bro, dad, and I worked on the rear brakes on my brothers car because they had allegedly been acting up. We replaced the brake shoes on the left brakes, with some minor complications, but were a little disapointed because we didnt find any discrepencies that would cause the alleged problems, and we had suspected that it was that brake assembly that was causing the trouble. But, then we began to disassemble the right brake assembly, and quickly decided that there was our problem. One part of the assembly had broken in two and much of it had simply dissentegrated. half of it was jammed inside of one of the springs in the assembly, and the other half of what was left was rattling around in the bottom. The brake shoes were severly worn, with one set nearly worn through, and the other set breaking apart in chunks. It was all rather educational. Essentially, the back right brakes hadnt been working for a few days presumably, and thus when Jo took his drivers test on Friday, he took it with only partial brakes. This also accounted for the left turning tendency while braking. Unfortunately, the parts stores had closed by the time we discovered the need for the part, so we must wait till Monday to get the car back on the road. But, Id say this was a Saturday well spent, what with, those interesting brakes, getting greasy repacking bearings, hanging out with my long lost dad and brother, and having a good time all around