Reply to "Brakes locking up"

nazgulMember

last year, this same problem drove me to drink a lot more than normal for a while.

check to see that more than one brake is locking up, if it is just one wheel-then its the brake caliper, if it's more than one wheel locking up at the same time then it is a component that the wheels share. I cannot see why you need to replace lines or rebleed.

i suspect that you have a push rod length problem, just like i did, even if i screwed the adjusting rod all the in, the brakes still locked up, until they cooled down-and that is the key to the diagnosis.

i temporarily replaced the adjusting screw and it's locking nut with a cut down bolt and ground down nut so that i could get a substantially shorter push rod (grind the bolt end round so it does not score the "green thing"). If i recall correctly, the end result was a push rod about 1/4 inch shorter than originally. either try this or the "quarter" spacers as described earlier in this thread.

good luck

nazgul

6/3/087:19 PM

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