[Shotimes] Brake dragging

[Ron Porter]

Yes, that can do it, but I'll bet that it's a very low percentage of cars
that experience this. I thought I had it on a 10-year-old 180K mile car, but
changing the hoses didn't do anything for the situation.

Another thing is that the calipers won't have swollen hoses in tandem. On
one '94 I worked on last year (with 135K miles), the LR hose swelled up, but
the right side was fine.

If both sides act the same, I would not suspect the hoses. The e-brake
cables have been the "usual suspects" for many years no.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Leigh Smith
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:08 PM
To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brake dragging

Don't forget the possibility of swollen rear brake hoses. That's what caused
mine!
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Brake dragging


> Most likely cause is the parking brake cable(s) hanging up, with stuck
> slider pins a distant 2nd. Actually, there is no 3rd, it will be one of
> those two things in 99%+ of the cases.
>
> Ron Porter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Barry Hayes
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 1:56 AM
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brake dragging
>
> I seem to be having a problem with my RR brakes dragging. Happened today
> for no apparent reason other than a harder than usual stop. A few miles
> later the rotor was smoking and smelling. Both the rotor & caliper were
> new in late September. The e brake has not been used for months (winter)
> and the pads were new.  This same problem was the reason for the new
> autozone caliper, but this is the first time this has happened since the
> changeout.  After cool down it seems to be OK but what caused it in the
> first place with all new parts? Any ideas folks?
>
> Barry Hayes
>
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