HELP brake problems 96 bronco
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HELP brake problems 96 bronco
I have a 96 bronco that i dearly love but right now, I am having a hard time justifing driving it because my back passenger side brake keeps adjusting itself out so it drags. I have done everything I can think of to fix it. We have changed shoes and drums, regular brake line, brake hose and wheel cylinders. Does anyone have advice on what might me causing the draging because I want to drive it but with the brake dragging my MPGs are about 9. That gets pretty expensive. Thank you in advance for any help you can give.
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From: GOING BACK TO TEXAS!!!
sounds like your caliper is full of crud. Replace, and do the driver's side too. When one goes, usually the other is not far off.
New brake fluid will also be a must. Flush the system, bleed, and check. Should take care of it.
Tim
New brake fluid will also be a must. Flush the system, bleed, and check. Should take care of it.
Tim
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how about a cheap fix? stick a cold chisel on the threads where the adjuster nut and the male thread meet on each side. Scar it up so that the nut wont move. Just make sure its somewhat close to where you need it 1st. You could weld it together, but you'll never adjust with that setup again. Loctite will probably also do the trick. Just my 2 cents.
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get yourself a spring kit for drum brakes maybe the springs are loose and dont hold the locking lever tight on the adjusting nut. good luck.
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Remember when buying spring lkits. there is a hold down kit(will have hold downs for both sides and a adjusting kit, which includes everything to do the automatic adjusters.
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thank you all for your advice, and just so everyone knows I am a SHE not a HE. I can however understand why you would think I was a boy. I plan on replacing my spring kits on both sides this weekend, I bought them a couple weeks ago, just havent had the time to work on her yet. Thanks again.