[Shotimes] Brake dragging

[Ron Porter]

On another tangent, what I have found, and that kind of mystifies me, is the
very slow rate of fluid that comes out of the rear calipers versus the front
calipers.

FWIW, I had changed the rear hoses, as well as had the rear plugs installed,
but the flow from the rears was still very slow compared to the fronts. This
was running 20 psi in my Motive Products pressure bleeder. It seems that the
rears still experience a huge loss of flow from the length and number of
bends in the hard lines going to the rear.

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Barry Hayes
Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 3:18 PM
To: Leigh Smith
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Brake dragging

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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