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Front brake caliper drag

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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 07:20 AM
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Front brake caliper drag

Just got new pads up front by dealer. I seem to now have a horrible squeek on passenger side. When on jack stands, I noticed the brakes seem to have quite a bit of drag when trying to turn the wheels by hand. How much is normal? If they do drag any ideas to fix it? I am going try some lube on the pins to see if this helps. Thanks
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Old Jun 13, 2007 | 09:32 AM
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if the breaks smoke at 30mph you got too much drag.

Drive the truck home from work and feel the front wheel temp but it could be too hot to touch and burn your hand.

I know with the steel wheels on my chevy they are plenty warm/hot after a drive and thats after swapping out the calipers. I don't know how warm ALU wheels will get.

If the wheels are just hot but not to hot to touch you may not have an issue.
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