[Tigers] Sticking brakes

[Peter Laurinaitis]

i had my rear brake freeze up from non-use, a little hammer tapping on the drum freed it and it worked fine thereafter

Peter Laurinaitis
peter.laurinaitis.wg02 at wharton.upenn.edu


--- On Tue, 8/12/08, CoolVT at aol.com <CoolVT at aol.com> wrote:

> From: CoolVT at aol.com <CoolVT at aol.com>
> Subject: [Tigers] Sticking brakes
> To: tigers at autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, August 12, 2008, 4:03 PM
> I noticed today that my driver side rear brake was sticking
> so bad  that when 
> the car was jacked up I couldn't turn the wheel.  The
> passenger  side rear 
> and both fronts turned freely.
> I figured the hand brake was hanging up.  I turned the 
> adjuster all the way 
> out and disconnected the hand brake at the wheel and pushed
>  the lever on the 
> brake all the way in.  The wheel still wouldn't  turn.
> I opened the bleeder and drained about 1/2 ounce and then
> could  just turn 
> the wheel a little, but still really hung up. I took the
> wheel and  drum off, 
> moved everything around and nothing seemed to be binding. 
> When I  took the 
> shoes off I squeezed the cylinder plunger rod in about
> 1/2" with  pliers.  Cleaned 
> the adjuster  and put anit-sieze on it and put  it back
> together and it turns 
> as it should.
> Since the passenger side rear is okay I know it can't
> be a swollen  rubber 
> hose. I doubt it's contamination in the line.  I
> changed the fluid a  few weeks 
> back and it was clean and everything bled the way that it
> should. 
> So the question is can the brake cylinder itself hang up 
> internally?  Will 
> it hang up again the next time I apply the brakes? 
> Mark