Hi guys,
Yesterday, a friend and I replaced the rear main line, both rear wheel lines, both wheel cylinders and bled with dot 4. I was doing a test run and everything seemed ok until I got up to about 45-50, hit the brake lightly to drop about 5-10mph...........then it started wobbling/vibrating pretty bad. It stopped when I slowed down and turned onto a side road, so I thought maybe things were just settling(deep down I figured there was a problem though).
Drove home, and same thing happened on the highway about 2 or 3 more times. When I got home the rear driver side drum was smoking from the back, and was a LOT hotter than the passenger side. I figured it was a cheap wheel cylinder, so I put a new set on. This was after seeing the shoes respond with the drum off.....the pad wasn't retracting when I let off the pedal.
With new cylinders on now, I've only experienced the vibration about 1 time over about 10 miles of driving. The thing is though............THE OTHER drum is the one running really hot now!! It's not smoking, but it's definitely running about 2 to 3 times hotter than the driver's side.
After some research, I'm thinking it's maybe a warped drum. The thing is though, before we replaced the lines and cylinders, it never did this. Could the new parts be too much for the old drums or?? Anyone have an idea? Please post if you can help.................Thanks!
Edit: new springs and pads were added too, and it's a 96 with ABS, dana 35 9" brakes
Yesterday, a friend and I replaced the rear main line, both rear wheel lines, both wheel cylinders and bled with dot 4. I was doing a test run and everything seemed ok until I got up to about 45-50, hit the brake lightly to drop about 5-10mph...........then it started wobbling/vibrating pretty bad. It stopped when I slowed down and turned onto a side road, so I thought maybe things were just settling(deep down I figured there was a problem though).
Drove home, and same thing happened on the highway about 2 or 3 more times. When I got home the rear driver side drum was smoking from the back, and was a LOT hotter than the passenger side. I figured it was a cheap wheel cylinder, so I put a new set on. This was after seeing the shoes respond with the drum off.....the pad wasn't retracting when I let off the pedal.
With new cylinders on now, I've only experienced the vibration about 1 time over about 10 miles of driving. The thing is though............THE OTHER drum is the one running really hot now!! It's not smoking, but it's definitely running about 2 to 3 times hotter than the driver's side.
After some research, I'm thinking it's maybe a warped drum. The thing is though, before we replaced the lines and cylinders, it never did this. Could the new parts be too much for the old drums or?? Anyone have an idea? Please post if you can help.................Thanks!
Edit: new springs and pads were added too, and it's a 96 with ABS, dana 35 9" brakes
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