shepcam

A few times this weekend after the car sat for awhile the rear brake pads seemed to be sticking the the rotors. I did a visual and everything looks ok. I tried a search but the page comes up blank. Any ideas??

KuHL 951

Are you sure it's not your parking brake shoes hanging up or am I reading your post wrong? Are the brakes dragging (making noise) or are the pads actually 'sticking' to the rotors?

shepcam

When I start to pull of after sitting, there is a noise and dragging sound as if the parking brake is engaged a little. It could be the parking brake but I never even use it. The noise is hard to describe, its the same if I pull up the ebarke while coasting or slowing down. This goes away after a few miles of driving.

hpservertech

Sounds like the ebrake is engaged.

KuHL 951

It's your parking brake for sure. Sounds like you probably have some rust in there and the springs aren't retracting the shoes all the way. It could also be your cable isn't releasing; try adjusting the cable by backing off a couple clicks at the handle.

shepcam

Thanks, I will give that a try. It makes sense!

Mike C.

If the car has been sitting for a while it might be rust on the rotors. A light coating of rust can form that will cause a similar sound until you use the brakes and scrape it off the rotors.

shepcam

It just happens over night. I will try to adjust the ebrake this weekend.