Thanks for all the posts. I'm at a dangerous level with the back breakes. When I bought the car, I took it to Big O tires cause the tires were dry-rotted and completely cracked. I had them do the brakes too. There was an annoying problem in the car with the emergency brake pedal not bouncing back strong enough and holding to keep the light off. They told me it all looked OK, but they ground the rotors, new pads in the front and lower ball joints.
I didn't spend much time on the Bronco II cause I was very busy blah, blah, blah, and I really don't know much about American cars so it's a slow learning curve for me. Until the Bronco II and a 1979 Chevy van I had two years ago for a few months, I've only had European cars... 3 to be exact in 33 years! American cars are really a new experience for me.
Anyhoo, I took the car, after 14K of driving to the guy that USED to work on my BMW (I've done all that work for 4 years now), and had him look at it (he used to work at a Ford dealership in Hawaii). His suggestion... change the front brake cable. So, not knowing anything about it and only having the Haynes manual, which isn't very good, I replaced that cable. Brake light was still on. Took it to NAPA and a very knowledgable guy there took a look... corrosion in the REAR cables, not allowing the brakes to fully release. So I've been driving around for 1.5 years with the brakes always on a bit.
Needless to say, the brakes are shot, so I'm going in there tonight, ripping the rears apart, and replacing them. I probably need new drums too, but I won't know until I pull it all apart. Now I can jack that puppy up and find out how bad it is! Thanks again for the help! I don't have any problems with BMW brakes so I can't imagine that I'll have trouble with these, but if I do, I'm gonna holler!
