[6pack] TR6 - Frozen rear brakes

[Jeff Fetner]

Good question.  The wheel was probably free to rotate when parked.  Maybe 
the crystallized brake fluid crud I always seem to find around old rear 
brake cylinders expanded to lock it up.  Maybe the lining material expands 
some.

Jeff


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette at intel.com>
To: "Robert McBride" <rmcbride at mi.rr.com>; <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [6pack] TR6 - Frozen rear brakes


> Robert:
>
> So I gotta ask; What makes this problem so difficult compared to a stuck
> clutch? Perhaps the eBrake cables rust, so that the shoes will not 
> release?
> The clutch (I would think) has all the same potential hydraulic issues - 
> rusty
> slave cylinder, fluid turning into pudding, friction material sticking to
> iron, blah, blah, blah.
> Yet the brake problem will seemingly not respond to a couple of nudges to
> free the shoes (based on the personal stories shared with the list). 
> Inquiring
> minds want to know what makes the brakes so much harder than the clutch?
>
> Vance
>
>
>    Vance Navarrette
>    Cogito Ergo Zoom
>    I think, therefore I go fast
>
> http://www.team.net/archive
>
> You are subscribed as fetnerj001 at hawaii.rr.com