Anyone ever experiance this?

[DaveC]

The problem I have is both my front calipers are not releasing very well. The more you use the brakes the tighter the front brakes get. Rear drums work great. Front brakes drag so bad the car slows down without gas. You can't physically push the car by hand. I've got a line-loc that seems to operate and releases smoothly. The front caliper are upgraded to a set of SSBC calipers with stock disc's. Manual master from Wilwood. There is not a part in the entire brake system older thn 3 years. Fluid was changed last year. DOT -4 (not synthetic) Car spends more time parked than racing.
My first suspition is the line - loc is bad because both front brakes drag the same amount. Short of tearing everything apart, anyone care to take an experianced stab at where to start?

thanks for any feed back

 

[dwkohout]

When your front brakes start too hang up open a bleeder screw. If the hang up goes away then its something in the system like a hose and if it doesn't then you have caliper issues.

 

[Z-man]

Is it hard to push after it sits for a while or when it's been driven? If the latter the fluid may be getting hot and expanding. just a thought.

 

[johnnycarlo]

I had the same problem on my monte after a manual brake conversion. The rod was binding on the pedal and not letting it return all the way back up so the pressure would not bleed back at the master cylinder. I actually run a spring on the pedal now to help pull it back up. It sure was good for long burnouts with the front brakes halfway on.

 

[DaveC]

I had the same problem on my monte after a manual brake conversion. The rod was binding on the pedal and not letting it return all the way back up so the pressure would not bleed back at the master cylinder. I actually run a spring on the pedal now to help pull it back up. It sure was good for long burnouts with the front brakes halfway on.

I just came in from the garage looking at this very point. It looks like this is what the root cause is. I'm thinking spring also.