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Originally Posted by orange4boy
My experience is that eliminating the drag from my rear drums made a very noticeable difference in my coast down. It now coasts for ever............... No quantification though...
Did you already write that up? Can you post a link for us here?
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No write up. Sorry. You'll have to take my word for it. The butt o meter definitely noticed. I wish I could test every change I made but I gotta have a life too. Reducing brake drag, disc and drum made a big difference. I don't know whether other cars have the rear drum drag issue but it's worth it to check.
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I've never had a big problem with drum brakes dragging and have yet to see a disk brake that doesn't drag
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That's why I hadn't checked my rear drums until now and why I'm rebuilding my front calipers and lubing the sliders before winter. (and changing the brake fluid) The square O rings don't do much good if the pistons are rusted to the caliper.
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