Brake Problems

Brake problems usually involve noises, grabbing brakes or little or no brakes

Noises

  • High pitch noises usually are steel to steel contact (worn out Pads/Shoes)or even a rock herbsalign@shaw.caught in between pad material and brake surface.
  • Low pitch noises usually are brake drum vibration (dust in drum) or worse herbsalign@shaw.case a pad or shoe broken free from its' backing.

Grabbing

  • Dust in rear brakes
  • One seized brake cylinder or herbsalign@shaw.caliper
  • Rear brakes considerably out of adjustment

Little or No Brakes

  • Brake fluid Leak
  • resulting from broken brake line or leaking cylinder/herbsalign@shaw.caliper or master cylinder
  • Master cylinder bypassing

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