We all know engine coolant expands considerably once hot, but very few know that brake fluid does the same. Guess what? All better! How? Why? Brake fluid is glycol based and will act just like engine coolant when hot. We will instruct the customer to suck out brake fluid out of the wells until they are just a bit over half full, then call us back with their findings. We have at least one customer a month that has overfilled their master cylinder, which can cause the brakes to drag when hot. Make sure that your master cylinder isn't overfilled. What the heck is going on with this thing? Any suggestions before I flatbed it to the local speedshop and drop a bunch of $$? There is no way this car can go that far without incident. I have a big cruise to attend about an hour and a half away on Saturday and the street machine nationals in Springfield in two weeks, which is over 2 hours away. The more you drive it, the worse it gets and I hear it coming from the rears as well. Today I made several adjustments and still hear the sound. Jacked it up and it spun like normal.Ĭontacted Wilwood on Monday morning and they said they thought the adjustment rod from the pedal to the master was adjusted too far out and too much residual pressure was the cause and effect of the caliper siezing although not sure why both sides wouldn't do it. OK, fast forward to last week coming home from Goodguys and I smelled something and the car was slowing down so I pulled off the highway and saw smoke coming from the right front caliper so it was binding and the pedal was hard as a rock when I stopped.Ĭalled the tow truck and 40 minutes later I was able to drive it up the flatbed and when we arrived at home, pulled it off and drove it into the garage. distances to some cruises and noticed that by the time I get there, the brakes are dragging and the noise is more constant. Over the summer I've only driven the car for 20-30 min. Let off or push harder and sound goes away, just drives me nuts and it just shouldn't be there. With this information fresh in mind it’s time to call your Wilwood Distributor or Wilwood directly and talk to a knowledgeable technician who can help to get just the brakes you want and make sure it will fit.Installed Wilwood Big Brake Kit about 6 months ago and have always had a "honing" sound as you come to a stop. Pay special attention to what your wheel choice will be and be sure to review the installation pdf. Then you can drill down to the detailed information page for the brake kits that you feel will fulfill your requirements. What we recommend is that you select the applicable wheel size below and review the available options. So how does one figure out what system you want for your car. For this same vehicle we have brakes designed specifically for drag racing and road racing including kits that fit stock suspension or various aftermarket suspensions and aftermarket rears. We also have brakes that use huge 14 inch rotors and require use of an 18 inch or larger wheels. For many of these cars we have many options, for example Wilwood has disc brake conversion kits that will simply convert a completely stock vehicle to disc brakes, fit in stock appearing 14 inch wheels and requires no modification to the vehicle. Wilwood manufactures brakes for most popular muscle cars, street rods, after market suspension systems, and many current high performance vehicles.
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