1999 Mercury Villager Dragging left rear wheel

1999 MERCURY VILLAGER
185,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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DANNYP80
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99 villager sport. Left rear drum brake dragging caused shoes to pretty much be cooked off. Wheel cylinder failed, replaced. Replaced both L and R shoes and bled system fully. LR wheel still dragging and heating up/smoking. Now park brake light on w/o being engaged. What else could be the problem? Thanks.
Jul 8, 2009 at 8:40 AM
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MERLIN2021
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Three things to check are Brake cable sticking/frozen, Secondary and primary shoes swapped, hardware kit/return springs weak, warped drum, cuasing the adjuster to tighten up. First loosen the adjuster for the parking brake, then if shoes are installed right, larger shoe to the back, adjust the brakes with the starwheel, then adjust the parking brake by pushing down 4-5 clicks and tighten till wheel grabs then release parking brake, if wheel spins, adjustmaent is OK.
Jul 8, 2009 at 8:47 AM
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DANNYP80
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I found that I had put the LRear shoes on wrong. Straightened that out and bled line, but no fluid would come out. I disconnected metal brake line from wheel to connection to flex hose on axle. no fluid there either. I assume the brake line is clogged or failed somewhere between flex hose and master cylinder. Any suggestions would be great
Jul 10, 2009 at 7:18 AM
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I picked up your new thread?
https://www.2carpros.com/forum/1999-mercury-villager-clogged-or-failed-brake-line-vt319575.html?highlight=
Jul 10, 2009 at 10:24 AM