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Re: stuck brakes

To: andrewk962@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: stuck brakes
From: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 16:30:13 -0400
Andrew,
   You might try slacking all the adjusters, then spraying penetrating
oil around the backing plates into the drums.  More will be wasted than
gets in there, but it's worth a try if you consider the brake linings to
be spoiled anyway.  When you have got in as much as you think possible,
tap the drums with a hammer and block of wood.  You might also remove the
hub nut and crank up a wheel puller, leaving it in place for a couple of
days and whacking the drums with a hammer every time you think of it. 
   This sounds like an unusually great amount of rust--after all, the
front shoes are not in contact with the drums even if hand brake is left
on, and for the fronts to be stuck also is not common.  
   Frequently, if the clutch works OK, one can start the engine and let
its might unstick brakes.  Since there may have been so much rust growing
in the car, I would want to put oil into the cylinders and turn the
engine with the starting handle, as a basic check that rust has not
formed in the cylinder left with a valve open.
    Sorry that this is more likely to be three days of hard labor on the
Labor Day weekend than three days happy motoring.
Bob

On Thu, 2 Sep 2004 14:06:52 -0700 (PDT) Andrew Kirk
<andrewk962@yahoo.com> writes:
> Hi All:
> Sad to say all 4 wheels are stuck.  I tried opening
> the hydrolic line on the front hoping this might
> loosen at least one of the wheels, no luck.  Will have
> to fall back and regroup.
> Andy

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