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Maverick,
I dont profess to know anything, but these thoughts came to
mind...
you say the brakes drag...are they dragging, or
grabbing?
Dragging would be a constant rubbing, whereas a grab would
occur when you apply the brakes.
If grabbing, then I see a possible problem with you turning
the cams all the way "down". This would theoretically allow the piston to
come very far out of its cylinder, and possibly jam, rather than
retract..do you see what I am trying to say?
Anyway, you should adjust the cams until the shoes start to
scrape the drum as you spin it by hand, then back them off until they don't
scrape. (This has always worked for me.)
On the other hand, dragging could be caused by corrosion in
the brake cylinder, restricting the return of the piston when brake pedal is
released. To see if this is occurring, get a friend to step on the brakes while
you watch at the wheel...if the shoes are reluctant to come back off the drum,
you probably have corrosion...
my 2 cents worth
Roger Howard
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 3:15 PM
Subject: [FWDLK] Brake Problems
Hi Everyone. I hope
someone can help with this. I have a '55 Desoto that has
a problem with
the driver side front brakes dragging. The pads look almost
new. The top
and bottom adjuster cams have been turned down to provide
maximum
clearance and the center cams have been adjusted down so that they
are not
engaging the pads. Yet the pads are still dragging. What am I
missing??
The Service Manual shows a tool to measure clearance between the
pad and
the drum but surely there has to be a way to do this without using a
factory tool that I'm sure is no longer available. Thanks ahead of time
for
any help.
Maverick Woodward
Mavrik8511@xxxxxxx
'55
Desoto Fireflite Coronado
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