Hi can anyone help? have a transit (ice cream van) had to have new brake cylinders and shoes put on the the ot
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yes , it sounds like your brakes were over adjusted on the one side. Make sure the emrgency brake is full released too. Could be a frozen brake cable causing the rear brakes to drag. Only solution is to return to where you had the brakes installed and check the cables and or back off the rear brake shoe adjusters.
good luck
very possible for brakes to stick, u could very well have a ceased cylinder. I take it since they were rear brakes they were probably drums, make sure u didn't over tighten them. hope that works for u good luck
Yes it is entirely possible for the brakes to be sticking, it sounds like one of the pull of springs has either snapped or become detached allowing the trailing shoe to "self wrap" when reversing.
I'm surprised that you havn't noticed a similar problem when going forwards as the leading shoe would then have the same effect.
It is certainly worth going back to who ever fitted the brakes for you
without seeing the van, i can only guess. so what comes to mind is that if the cylnders are not defective, possible, you might look at the flexible hose between the steel line from the master and to the wheel cylinders. age will rust the crimped fittings and will restrict the brake flow. ie apply the brakes under high pressure; return springs don't have the pressure to retract the shoes. of course this means nothing if a spring came off
brake shoes have leading and trailing edges if the shoes have been put on wrong that would be the symptoms you are having .Did a garage put them on or one of your frinds.
yes, calapers could be sticking
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