hey,
went fishin today, parked it on the boat launch to have a place to put stuff, put my parking break on (dont use it THAT much) so i dont somehow roll into the water. going to leave, my truck feels weird, underpowered, but it keeps spinning back right tire. i finally realize, back left tire the brake is rubbing... i drove around, played with e brake pedal and smashed brakes a few times. drove like 20 mins home, and it was smoking. any tips on what to do?

 

Try going in reverse and slamming on the brakes. Thats how you adjust the e-break if I remember correctly.

Any signs of leaking around the drum?

 

i think it might be leakin. and ill have to try the reverse thing.

 

if the reverse thing dosent work, you can also adjust with a flatblade srewdriver thru the back of the drum

 

do i need to be movin pretty quick in reverse to do this? its kinda :-\ out now, so ill prolly try it tommorow. gonna take the stang out i guess, not gonna be trapt at home all night

 

i heard it was around 10-15mph in reverse

 

Yeah I'm pretty sure Stephen is correct on that. If its leaking I would pull the drum cover off and check the wheel cylinders as well, might be time for new ones.

 

yeah im sure it is. got like 140k on her now...

 

i think that may have worked. i just drove around the block real quick, and i did that a few times. neighbors gave me funny looks lol, flyin in reverse then squealing to a stop

 

did not work :-\ might just try overhaulin rear drums.