I have a 2001 Ford Taurus v6 that currently has 4 weak and dragging brakes... but not totally!
It was parked for a year (didn't plan for it to sit that long but put Pri-G in the tank just in case it was), started up again fine, drove it to the nearest gas station and back - and the rear brakes were too hot to touch from barely over a mile at 25-30mph, but not dragging so much it's slowing the car down noticibly that I can tell. (like I sped up to 40mph and released the throttle and just coasted on 'normally' for the most part) Front brakes super weak - rain gave them some rust, I tried speeding up to 40mph a few times and braking hard to clean rust off. It still brakes really soft - pedal seems really stiff.
The brakes aren't seized but there's limited range of motion - like I tried using the rear only brakes via parking brake third pedal to slow it while moving, I could tell they engaged but were super weak. I can tell when they released pulling the lever too. So there's movement in the little pistons just not as much as there needs to be.
The brakes were (I think) not that old at all (less than 15k maybe??) since all four were done if I remember right, then I was forced to park the vehicle for using too much gas. (had a 40mpg econobox and had to drive alot) Trying to get it back up to speed now. I'd rather not totally redo everything if I can help it - wondered if like I could turn rotors or/and drums just to scrape the rust off but not change pads/shoes for instance, or if i'm probably stuck changing pads/shoes as well. (or even calipers possibly depending if it hangs up again)
Cash is tight because of other unexpected expenses all this month as well.
It was parked for a year (didn't plan for it to sit that long but put Pri-G in the tank just in case it was), started up again fine, drove it to the nearest gas station and back - and the rear brakes were too hot to touch from barely over a mile at 25-30mph, but not dragging so much it's slowing the car down noticibly that I can tell. (like I sped up to 40mph and released the throttle and just coasted on 'normally' for the most part) Front brakes super weak - rain gave them some rust, I tried speeding up to 40mph a few times and braking hard to clean rust off. It still brakes really soft - pedal seems really stiff.
The brakes aren't seized but there's limited range of motion - like I tried using the rear only brakes via parking brake third pedal to slow it while moving, I could tell they engaged but were super weak. I can tell when they released pulling the lever too. So there's movement in the little pistons just not as much as there needs to be.
The brakes were (I think) not that old at all (less than 15k maybe??) since all four were done if I remember right, then I was forced to park the vehicle for using too much gas. (had a 40mpg econobox and had to drive alot) Trying to get it back up to speed now. I'd rather not totally redo everything if I can help it - wondered if like I could turn rotors or/and drums just to scrape the rust off but not change pads/shoes for instance, or if i'm probably stuck changing pads/shoes as well. (or even calipers possibly depending if it hangs up again)
Cash is tight because of other unexpected expenses all this month as well.