Brake job .

I have a problem with right rear brake. I changed calliper , brake hose and
the rest was serviced , greased and checked ten times over but the brakes
are still dragging and create a lot of heat. Hand brake was checked and
adjusted , is very loose now.
What am I missing ?
Thanks for suggestions.

Ian

 

For starters, how about the year and model of vehicle. 8^)

Seriously - the advice you receive can be more specific when vehicle is
known (especially if the particular problem happens to plague that
vehicle).

Is hand brake cable loose all the way to the caliper, or is it binding
or assymetrical?

Bill Putney
(to reply by e-mail, replace the last letter of the alphabet in my
address with "x")

 

Oldsmobile Intrigue 99'.
It takes for ever to get respond from alt.autos.oldsmobile .
Hand brake is loos all the way. I can recreate dragging by pressing brake
pedal . and loose it by pushing piston in the calliper "in".

Ian

 

Drive the car around for an hour or so then come home pull in
driveway and put car in park (do not apply the parking brake)
then as soon as you take your foot off the brake, immediately jump
out and run around to the right rear and loosen the bleed screw.

If you get a nice healthy squirt of fluid then your hydraulic line is
still under pressure, I would look for something like bad vacuum
booster, binding master cylinder, or kink or crushed brake line,
or rust or obstruction in brake line.

If you get no fluid or it just dribbles out, then it's some mechanical
obstruction on the right rear.

Ted

 

Another thing to look at, especially on older vehicles, is the brake
hose. The rubber flex line to each wheel may be breaking down inside
of the hose. It can disintegrate and cause a small flap to form. It
can allow the brake fluid to go TO the caliper when you step on the
brake (because of the high pressure). The flap can then open up and
prevent the fluid from returning back into the caliper. This can
cause the brakes to drag since there are no springs to pull the brakes
back, they only return the small distance due to the release of
pressure. That is , on DISC BRAKES. Drum brakes have springs to pull
the shoes back. Something to check. GOOD LUCK

 

there sure is something that might just be a tad easier to do than this
advice