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Thread: Dustin's El Camino brake woes.....
          
   
   

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    theres nothing wrong with locking both the fronts and rears---just that the rears should not lock first so you still have some steering, but eventially all four should be able to be locked--after that its in the drivers finnist????????????


    however------------on an truck (el cameo) the absence of some load or the addition of some cargo will effect rear/total braking conditions-----

    my truck likes to spin a wheel or slide a rear one when empty on the paint stripes when wet-------
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    Funny you had that problem on a Camino, my '72 Elky was the same way. I shimmed the cylinder with a 1/8" plate and fixed it. The rear brakes never worked for years!

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