Rear wheels don't spin freely
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Rear wheels don't spin freely
I just took off both rear calipers, because one of them feels like its locked, and I go to turn the rear wheels (spinning the rotor with my hand) and there is a lot of resistance. I would have thought it would spin much more freely. The car is out of gear. Is my differential bad? How else can I test to see if the pumpkin is bad? (87 n/a gxl btw)
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sounds stupid,
but is you hand brake adjusted too tight?
That can make your rear wheel(s) hard to turn (with hand brake all the way down)
you can loosen the adjustment by turning the hex screw ccw at the hand brake lever
Hugues -
but is you hand brake adjusted too tight?
That can make your rear wheel(s) hard to turn (with hand brake all the way down)
you can loosen the adjustment by turning the hex screw ccw at the hand brake lever
Hugues -
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Originally posted by hugues
sounds stupid,
but is you hand brake adjusted too tight?
That can make your rear wheel(s) hard to turn (with hand brake all the way down)
you can loosen the adjustment by turning the hex screw ccw at the hand brake lever
Hugues -
sounds stupid,
but is you hand brake adjusted too tight?
That can make your rear wheel(s) hard to turn (with hand brake all the way down)
you can loosen the adjustment by turning the hex screw ccw at the hand brake lever
Hugues -
How do you check the wheel bearings? They do not make execessive noise right now.