[Healeys] locked parking brake?

[John Snyder]

Last year I bought a 1959 BN7 that had been in dry storage since 1974.  The 
rear brakes were locked up tight.  I told the owner to back off on the brake 
adjustment and I would pick it up w/ my trailer.  He did, and the brakes 
were released.  When I got it home, I found the parking brake cable was 
seized in the "ON" position.

John Snyder


>       I'm new to the list.  I just received my dad's 60 BT7 and have a 
> problem.  He parked the car 2 years ago in the garage with the parking 
> brake on and there were no known issues with the brakes at that time. 
> When we tried to pull it out, the rear brakes seemed to be locked up. 
> Could this have been the parking brake locking up, and if so, is it easy 
> to fix?  I don't really know much about the car yet, but plan to get to 
> know it very well over time.
>
> Mike