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How to Fix Your Dragging Brakes

Brake Repair Fork Lift
Though this vehicle was repaired while up on a four-point lift to allow photography, the work can be performed on floor jacks-just be prepared to work in some very tight areas, as the brake system is usually buried under a lot of parts (exhaust, drivetrain, and so on).
Brake Repair Rear Rotors
As a result of the brake system dragging, the rear Wilwood rotors were trashed after just 1,500 miles. They will be replaced in this story along with the brake pads.
Brake Repair Unbolting Stock Valve
This fix was started by unbolting the stock proportioning valve from the frame and hard brake lines. Use flare-nut wrenches on the fittings to minimize the chances of stripping the nuts as you work to loosen them.
Brake Repair Manual Proportioning Valve
W2W reworked the brake system on this vehicle. The installer positioned the Wilwood manual proportioning valve on the framerail with the adjuster dial just below the framerail and marked the framerail for where to drill the two mounting holes.
Brake Repair Drilled Holes
Two oversized holes were drilled in the framerail so that nutserts (which are similar to rivets) could be installed to allow two bolts to be threaded into them. Installing nutserts requires a special tool, but they are really great for blind installations such as this where you can't reach the backside of the fasteners being used for mounting a component.
Brake Repair New Hard Lines
Once the Wilwood prop valve was mounted, the techs at W2W got to work creating new hard lines to attach the rear brake line from the master cylinder and the factory line coming from the rear of the vehicle.

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