<VV> Brakes grabbing

[Stephen Upham]

No, I notice it frequently when the emergency brake is released and  
occasionally when the foot pedal is depressed and released.   It  
takes a good deal of pressure to turn the passenger side rear in the  
air for 180 degrees.  When this is happening, the car does not move  
forward in drive, no gas, after taking the foot off of the brake.   
Sometimes putting my foot under the pedal and bringing it towards me  
will cause the brakes to release.  I bought a complete set of new  
springs, emergency spring, too, and will probably replace all of  
them.  I don't know what the life span of the springs is, but of  
course these are 45 years old.  I won't be tearing into the guts  
until I can eliminate leakage and drum round as culprits which are  
very simple operations.

Stephen
On Jul 26, 2009, at 12:49 PM, Bryan Blackwell wrote:

> Before you tear into this - how much does it drag?  Is this  
> something you notice only when the car is in the air?  In my  
> experience, having a couple spots where the drums drag is normal.   
> Do not expect this to be a super-precise assembly - as long as they  
> don't grab, pull, or obviously drag all the time I don't worry  
> about them.
>
> BTW, the front and rear brakes on a late are same diameter, but  
> different widths.  Rear is wider.
>
> --Bryan
>
> Bryan Blackwell bryan at skiblack.com
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> On Jul 26, 2009, at 10:58 AM, Stephen Upham wrote:
>
>> The symptoms are : The rear drivers
>> wheel rolls free from 9-3 o'clock as observed on the valve stem and
>> has drag from 3-9, the rear passenger is free from 6-11 and drags
>> hard from 11-6, the front drivers is free from 7-12 and drags very
>> slightly from 12-7, and the front passenger is free from 7-11 and
>> drags slightly from 11-7.
>