<VV> More Re: Brakes grabbing

[kenpepke at juno.com]

Back in the late 50s teenagers with little money to spend might go to a junk yard and buy a pair of used brake shoes, or maybe only one shoe.  File it smooth and install it, bed it in a little and presto ... good brakes again.  

Single greatest cause of pulling brakes is grease or brake fluid on the linings.  Next would be a piston hanging up in the wheel cylinder followed by an internally blocked flexible brake line.  Contaminated linings make the vehicle pull to the contaminated side, the others cause pulling to the opposite side.  Odd causes could be bad tir rod end / idler arm actually steering the car to the side, broken upper ball joint, wheel bearing failure causing the wheel to drag on the end or the upper control arm, failed control arm bushings, or failed suspension strut rod.

Ken P  

Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net> Writes:

>Belatedly, I add -- both sides AT THE SAME TIME!  As it is, Stephen, you 
>have (or had) one used set on the left front (I believe it was left) and 
>a new set on the right front -- that's not the same as two new sets at 
>the same time (almost new is not "new").  Maybe they will eventually 
>wear in and mate up, maybe not -- different usage makes them different.  
>Google for hints on drum brake break-in procedures, everyone has 
>something different, but it is generally a dozen or so good hard stops, 
>followed by a cooling off period, repeating, and then readjusting.  I've 
>found a half dozen really hard stops (35 mph down a 10% grade) is 
>probably good enough -- enough to smell them at least.  Manufacturer's 
>recommendations are always recommended.



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