[Shotimes] Brake dragging

Barry Hayes Barry@kingcon.com
Sun, 06 Feb 2005 15:18:10 -0500


Hey people let's not get too hot on this. I suspect the hose theory is
the strongest possibility for the following reasons: The caliper is new,
granted it could be defective but it has taken since Sept. to go bad if
so. When I replaced it, I cleaned & greased the pins and all was
apparently functional. It WAS hard  to bleed the caliper when I put it
in. I haven't used the ebrake at all in months. ( I almost never do in
winter anyway) because I suspect it is hanging and have a new one to put
in when it warms up. This happened after a harder than normal stop
thanks to a jerk who pulled out in front of me.  It is only the RR
caliper. The lines are original (at least I never replaced them) at
130+k. Since everything is new and the ebrake shouldn't be a factor all
that is left is the hose. (?) For the price of a rubber line I think I
will just change it and be done. Hopefully it is not too big a pain to
do or too expensive. I'll let you all know if that cures things.
Barry Hayes

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