i had my rear brake freeze up from non-use, a little hammer tapping on the drum
freed it and it worked fine thereafter
Peter Laurinaitis
peter.laurinaitis.wg02@wharton.upenn.edu
--- On Tue, 8/12/08, CoolVT@aol.com <CoolVT@aol.com> wrote:
> From: CoolVT@aol.com <CoolVT@aol.com>
> Subject: [Tigers] Sticking brakes
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 4:03 PM
> I noticed today that my driver side rear brake was sticking
> so bad that when
> the car was jacked up I couldn't turn the wheel. The
> passenger side rear
> and both fronts turned freely.
> I figured the hand brake was hanging up. I turned the
> adjuster all the way
> out and disconnected the hand brake at the wheel and pushed
> the lever on the
> brake all the way in. The wheel still wouldn't turn.
> I opened the bleeder and drained about 1/2 ounce and then
> could just turn
> the wheel a little, but still really hung up. I took the
> wheel and drum off,
> moved everything around and nothing seemed to be binding.
> When I took the
> shoes off I squeezed the cylinder plunger rod in about
> 1/2" with pliers. Cleaned
> the adjuster and put anit-sieze on it and put it back
> together and it turns
> as it should.
> Since the passenger side rear is okay I know it can't
> be a swollen rubber
> hose. I doubt it's contamination in the line. I
> changed the fluid a few weeks
> back and it was clean and everything bled the way that it
> should.
> So the question is can the brake cylinder itself hang up
> internally? Will
> it hang up again the next time I apply the brakes?
> Mark
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