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Front Braking Problem-HELP??????? 444-544

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Thu Jan 25 05:52 CST 2007
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From what I have seen on this board, and my conversations with other owners (including a 544 owned by a dealer) this is a fairly common problem.

The other posters have covered this topic well.

With my PV, a hard brake application early in a ride settles the brakes down quite a bit, and I notice that the longer the drive, the less the pulling gets. This makes me suspect contamination in my case. I have not overhauled my brakes yet, so I cannot really tell you what my case is.

Personally, I think that disk brakes have spoiled us a bit, and we have little to do with them until they are worn out.

Drum brakes, especially leading-shoe brakes need far more attention than disks.
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'96 855R,'64 PV544 driver, '67 P1800 basket case, '95 855, '95 854, the first three are mine, heh, heh, 415,000 miles put on 9 bricks






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