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racprops · 09-27-2018, 06:02 AM

Thanks, I used to do brake jobs and both had arc them and know how to adjust drum brakes.

And was aware of pad drag and how they are suppose to retract a little so there's no drag, but I also know they don't always, I put a front disk brake system on my wife's 69 VW Bug back in the 80s in LA and we had one fail to retract and coming down into the valley one had a red hot disk....

I was not aware of any retracting springs..and I do know of the problems with our one piston system and always make sure the calibers rubbing points are clean and add a touch of wheel bearing grease to those points and make sure the guild pins are clean and smooth.

Rich

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racprops Master EcoModder Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 799 Thanks: 4 Thanked 66 Times in 58 Posts	Thanks, I used to do brake jobs and both had arc them and know how to adjust drum brakes. And was aware of pad drag and how they are suppose to retract a little so there's no drag, but I also know they don't always, I put a front disk brake system on my wife's 69 VW Bug back in the 80s in LA and we had one fail to retract and coming down into the valley one had a red hot disk.... I was not aware of any retracting springs..and I do know of the problems with our one piston system and always make sure the calibers rubbing points are clean and add a touch of wheel bearing grease to those points and make sure the guild pins are clean and smooth. Rich