front brake grabbing (locking)

[jamyers]

We had a similar situation, the passenger front drum brake would "self-adjust" itself too tight, to where it was pulling the steering wheel to the right when you applied the brakes, and was always barely dragging so that the drum was always warm when the others would be cold.

You could turn it either direction, but backwards was easier (because drum brakes self-engage with going forward and they contact the drums) - and it only drug at 2 points in a revolution.

The culprit was an out-or-round drum, that let the self-adjusting mechanism go too tight whenever the drum was at the "wide" part, then that wheel would drag.

I don't know about parts places around you, but here O'Reilly Auto parts can turn drums for something like $10, assuming you'll have enough meat left on them to stay in spec.

Otherwise, new drums are $25 each at Summit.