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Re: One rear brake locking up?
Posted to Technical Discussion Forum on 10/16/2012

If the brake shoes get hot, so does the drum. What happens to drums when they get too hot?

Drums grow larger in ID, become ineffective, and you end up with a long pedal due to excessive shoe and consequently wheel cylinder piston travel.

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