[Shotimes] Brake dragging

[Ron Porter]

Well, across 4 SHOs and 15 years, I have had multiple e-brake cables hanging
up, and never had a swollen hose cause a problem.

Just going by my experiences

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: Leigh Smith [mailto:leighsm@comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:52 PM
To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brake dragging

But Ron,
If you read the original e-mail, he did have ONE caliper hanging up, (RR)
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Porter" <ronporter@prodigy.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 12:24 PM
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Brake dragging


> 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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