Check to see if the wheel cylinder is leaking on that side.
If it leaks enough for a while, the brake shoes get
saturated and will grab the drum with a vengeance.
Had the same problem with a '57 Chev a few years back
and it does get the adrenaline flowing.
Al Brenden
albrendn@premier1.net
"Murphy was an optimist"
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> From: loran berg <lbstudio@airmail.net>
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Brakes grabbing
> Date: Tuesday, January 07, 1997 8:48 AM
>
> Help me guys...I had my TR3 out last week, (it was in the high 60's &
70's
> all week here in Dallas) and as I came up to an intersection and applied
> the brakes the right rear wheel locked up. Talk about needing an
underwear
> change! The car behind me didn't care much for it either. I put it back
in
> 1st and everything seemed to be alright...until the next intersection. As
I
> limped home, I found that if I applied brakes very, very lightly to stop,
> it wouldn't lock up.
> Any suggestions?
>
> Scared to death,
> Loran Berg
>
> TR3 - 59
> TR3 _ 60 (pieces)
> 1965 Honda S65
>
>
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