Brakes Dragging

[plj 59]

I had done 160 thousand ks in my ute with usual brake shudder issues, came time to replace brake pads and was told discs needed replacing. I had dba 4000 discs fitted with some type of ceramic pads. 5000ks later pads were down to metal and discs had massive hot spots so they replaced discs and fitted new pads. 1000ks later I informed them that it seemed like the brakes were dragging and there was a bit of disc wear occuring. I asked them if the calipers were the problem but they said they had stripped the calipers originally and they were fine. Left car with workshop for a couple of days to see if they could locate problem, they called me back said car was fine they had replaced the master cylinder. 17000ks later car is driving me nuts, driving along at 80ks steering wheel vibrating like hell, hit the brakes and its all good again, next time driving around the city brakes are dragging and you could cook a steak on the discs. anyone got any ideas beside the obvious.

[Trough Lolly]

get a mechanic who knows what their doing for starters... the rear handbrake shoes need adjusting back away from the drum, tightening the handbrake cable every time just pulls them further in.

if its front brakes, id be checking the pots are releasing properly, might involve getting new calipers

[plj 59]

get a mechanic who knows what their doing for starters... the rear handbrake shoes need adjusting back away from the drum, tightening the handbrake cable every time just pulls them further in.

if its front brakes, id be checking the pots are releasing properly, might involve getting new calipers

abs did the work, I,ll try with the calipers

[XR64LT]

dude I have the same problem with my T, cruising around after a little while at any speed the steering wheel starts to vibrate and once I brake it gets worse allthough once im am pulled up at a set of lights I pump the brakes a few times and all is good, also have the problem sometimes if im at a set of lights and I take my foot off the brake (in an auto) it will not move even when im on a downhill slope, feels like the brakes are holding on then when you take off it feels like you are stalling the car up a little. has anyone had this problem?

[Andrew50]

Problem will be the preload on the master cylinder. It is supposed to be factory set to ensure that there is not excessive pressure on the pads and therefore onto the discs. If not set properly (as in mine) the constant pad pressure will overheat the disc causing massive front end shudder/ shake. A competent brake place will be able to reset the pre load. A check of how hard it is to roll the car will tell you if the brakes are binding.