Q: Rear left brum brake locks up
When my truck sits or when i use the parking brake, my rear left drum brake locks up. Im able to unlock it by throwing it in reverse and braking hard but it goes happens again about every day or so sitting, sometimes less. How can i fix it?
My car has 183000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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