Brakes draging after storage Options

[a2vwnick]

My 76 914 has been off the road for a couple of years, but I finally got it registered and started driving it again. But one of the barkes appears to be dragging a little, I'm not sure yet if its just one or both, I *think* its the rears but I'm not sure yet until later today I am gonna jack it up and check it out. I was just wondering if this is something common that happens and where I should look first to figure out what the problem is.

[Steve]

QUOTE (a2vwnick @ Apr 6 2005, 10:49 AM)

Yeah, I'm hoping its a problem with the ebrake. How do you adjust it?

The first thing I did was undue the emergency brake cable from the caliper to see if it was sticking.
This is just a clip and a pin.
The emergency brake portion of the caliper was fine and the cable wasn't sticking.
Both of my pads were still tight against the disk.
I used the following procedure to adjust the venting clearance.
The next step was to take the cap off of the front of the caliper and the back of the caliper.
The front cap is just plastic cap removed with a 13mm wrench.
The rear cap is located through a hole in the trailing arm.
You will need an allen wrench to remove the cover.
There is a good explanation of the adjustment in the haynes manual for this procedure.
The release clearance between the disc and the pad is .008"
To adjust this you will need to loosen the 13mm nut in the front of the caliper with a 13mm wrench.
You will than use an allen wrench to adjust the clearance with a .008" feeler gauge.
For the rear you will need to use a long allen wrench through the hole in the trailing arm.
Turn the allen until the piston and pad move away from the disk.
The clearance is the same as the outside.