more probs.....
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more probs.....
just had this happen last night, came back from a road trip and as i came off the highway, i heard a little grinding noise, my e-brake light came on and stayed on and my brake pedal has to be pushed farther than normal to stop. any ideas guys?
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From: Gateway to the West
The brake light comes on when the pedal travels farther than it should have to to bring the truck to a stop as well as when the E-brake is applied. I'll second kameroth's post. If the rear shoes wear too far down the gap between shoes and drum surface gets big enough that the pins will slip out if the wheel cylinders and the cylinders will just keep expanding until the pistons pop out of the bores. You really dont' want that to happen..its really messy.
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From: Loveland, CO.
Originally Posted by greystreak92
If the rear shoes wear too far down the gap between shoes and drum surface gets big enough that the pins will slip out if the wheel cylinders and the cylinders will just keep expanding until the pistons pop out of the bores
Also - a spring on one of the rears brakes may have broken. I've seen it happen, and the end result is a bunch of broken metal parts flying around in the drum because there is no tension without the spring and everything just sort of falls off.
