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I've searched the other forums and nothing comes close to the types of problem my '97 taurus.
Problem 1) Twice now while driving, not even applying the brakes, the car starts to subtly jerk in sync with the rotating front right tire. I could feel it in the steering wheel and hear it coming from the front, passenger side. When I took off the crazy hot tire, the brake is stuck on (of course). The pad is getting pretty worn down, which is may be due to Problem 3. It eventually released and worked just fine today. What is going on there?
Problem 2) When I hit the brakes, the rear passenger drum brake "ticks". I can feel it in the pedal and hear it. The last time I had brake work done, a time crunch caused us not to replace the parking brake cable (it was just removed instead). Someone mentioned that it is that cable that keeps the drum brakes adjusted, could they just be out of adjustment? How do I check?
Problem 3) Whenever I am going 30+ mph and hit the brakes, the car sorta dogtracks and feels like its getting pushed sideways. I live in WI and it know what it feels like to be losing control on snow... its like that, without the skidding.
I have a distinct feeling that this thing will be a deathtrap come winter if I dont solve some of these problems. Deathtraps = bad.
Problem 1) Twice now while driving, not even applying the brakes, the car starts to subtly jerk in sync with the rotating front right tire. I could feel it in the steering wheel and hear it coming from the front, passenger side. When I took off the crazy hot tire, the brake is stuck on (of course). The pad is getting pretty worn down, which is may be due to Problem 3. It eventually released and worked just fine today. What is going on there?
Problem 2) When I hit the brakes, the rear passenger drum brake "ticks". I can feel it in the pedal and hear it. The last time I had brake work done, a time crunch caused us not to replace the parking brake cable (it was just removed instead). Someone mentioned that it is that cable that keeps the drum brakes adjusted, could they just be out of adjustment? How do I check?
Problem 3) Whenever I am going 30+ mph and hit the brakes, the car sorta dogtracks and feels like its getting pushed sideways. I live in WI and it know what it feels like to be losing control on snow... its like that, without the skidding.
I have a distinct feeling that this thing will be a deathtrap come winter if I dont solve some of these problems. Deathtraps = bad.