Q: Brakes locked up on an 1980 Shay model A
Went for a drive and after a few miles it felt like the brakes locked up. If I took my foot of the gas the vehicle would stop. Is it a bad wheel cylinder. Drums on the rear and disc brakes on the front
My car has 22000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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