SO, your a mechanic and you roll a tire. it stops before you take your hand off of it. REASON?

CHINESE break calipers (replacement or new).

and they're really expensive for customers to replace - so you can't "fail them for not rolling". THIS MEANS MANY CARS ON THE ROAD WITH DRAGGING BREAKS. i can't as a mechanic say "hey i feel allot of drag on this - you need all new breaks". simply put: boss won't let me - because MANY OF THEM DO THAT. also i can't expect the new ones might not be dragging after a short period - therefore i'd be lying if i said the problem was "corrected". (yes, for badly dragging ones a mechanic will "kinda insist on a change" that customers often refuse anyway - despite the vast un-safety of the situation)

DRAGGING BREAKS also heats up brake fluid more quickly and turns it brown more quickly - damaging the breaks further.

THAT'S NOT ALL. you know chinese militarize attacks on USA. they corrupt the parts systems so that your brake DISC is of unknown width when replaced and LIE WHEN THEY SELL CALIPERS so that it's unknowable even if you buy the right one if it fits the original/factory-new disc. this causes dragging from the get go even before dirt settles in.

(older?) german made cars are also terrible at this - many had problems dragging and repair costs allot higher, and oldo volvo idk


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THERE'S ANOTHER ELEPHANT IN THIS ARTICLE ...

they also changed WHEEL BEARINGS from simple balls (almost fun to service) that rolled freely to SEALED BEARINGS which are a bitch to service. this also causes in-efficiency and people avoiding friction correction due to price and cost

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California told you "emmissions laws" - BUT THEY WERE FRONTING FOR CHINESE - they knew MAG wheels were heavy, they knew emissions parts didn't actually work and they KNEW that dragging breaks were a big problem and KNEW sealed bearings "weren't going to be better really" but made in china allot more expensive

(vapor emissions about 100 more chinese parts that add weight cost and repair complexity which another FFU article debunks as non-efficent and a loss)

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SUMMARY:

california chinese importers, ford gm, knowingly stuffed elephants of in-efficiency into cars while telling consumers CAR PRICES WERE HIGHER TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT - which is a lie

(this new article series touches only a a few: there's a whopping allot more to recall)

GOOGLE: auto repair dragging breaks About 29,000,000 results (0.32 seconds)

GOOGLE "AI results" (actually put in by a corrupt asian employee who denies doing it so google says AI did it)

Results for
Fairfax, VA

THESE ARE ALL LIES \\

Brake Drag – Causes, Effects, and Corrective Actions
Corrective Actions to Treat Brake Drag and Prevent Re-occurrence

Regular servicing and cleaning of the brakes.

> duh, keep paying china for new breaks that fail, duh

Using a brake lubricant.

> lies - that's not for dragging that's for noise

Cleaning the brakes with a quality cleaner.

> again for noise not dragging. dirty breaks promote slipping - good if yours are dragging?

Readjusting the brakes to ensure they are not too tight.

> again a lie. that's only for rear parking breaks which NEVER drag. (and older USA design the chinese havent' yet corrupted until 2010 or so)

Installing new pedal return springs.

> LIES, there is no such thing in modern cars or any hydraulic break on any consumer car

Clearing the blockage in the master cylinder.

> LIES - your fluid is overheated your nickel plating is dead from the acid your dead you need a new one. it'd be a miracle if dirt got incide a break line and blocked a port. almost never happens.

// THESE ARE ALL LIES

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Results for
WangDong, CHINA

"paint your calipers and send them to a seller who markets them as NEW in USA, even though the nickel plating is worn away and that's the expensive part"

THEY NOT ONLY LIE ABOUT EFFICIENCY

THEY LIE WHEN YOU NOTICE IT AND WONDER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS - SIMPLY TO DETONATE A TIME BOMB IN THE USA

BOMB CHINA NOW !!!!

SUMMARY: breaks dragging causes auto damage AND FUEL WASTING. THEY ARE AN ELEPHANT OF IN-EFFICIENCY. but big government and china have spread these failures far and wide while giving you a con-man job that "your paying more to conform with emissions laws" which is A TOTAL LIE

CAUSES:

* factory doesn't care - attack on consumer really

* mechanic installs new part - but its' not actually to spec (data attacks)

* designed to fail (no protection against dirt, not enough nickel plating $$$, not enough "unseat action" built in design, all of the above)

AND THEY DO IT INTENTIONALLY

oh i forgot - prcing on brake pads are absolutely insane - sometimes high sometimes low - all a gambling game

BRAKE PADS never conform to specs - but i kinda already mentioned "data / specs attacks"

so my master taught me - "keep your mouth shut. the customer thinks their car rolls they will think your lying. it's got to be real bad and then you have to bring them into shop or they'll think your lying"

he was right of course, that is how it would go down

their failure mode is also to fail by failing to draw back off the brake when your foot isn't on the brake.

a major reason they drag is VERY LITTLE draw-back. this means even an ant fart of problem (disc brake change, a little dirt under rubber boot, slightly different pads and they are all different, getting old, thin nickel plating worn off) can cause brake dragging)

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