front brakes locking up
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front brakes locking up
[ i lost my front brakes on my 2001 dodge ram. so i changed out the vacumn booster no good .then changed out master cyl. that got the front brakes back, test drove it .everything looked good,next morning i started out to go to town, truck stared lugging down , stopped and checked my front brakes, they were about to catch fire. i got it home, bought new roters, new brake shoes. and calipers, put them all on and test drove it .. brakes still locking up,does anybody got any ideas what is causing this,
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RE: front brakes locking up
Here's something to work from ... drum brakes have a check valve (it's in the master cylinder) that keeps the pressure from draining all the way down. Disks have no such valve. I know this because (way) back in the day I tried swapping out a master cylinder from my `66 Impala SS (Drum/Drum) to fix my buddy's newer Mercury ... um ... Something (Disk/Drum) and we experienced the exact same problem. After a couple of brake applications, the front brakes would not release.
Could you have swapped the lines?
Did the parts store give you the right master cylinder?
Could you have swapped the lines?
Did the parts store give you the right master cylinder?
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