Drum brakes vs. winter question

[forkboy69 at hotmail.com (Mark ...........)]

I've actually let brake pads wear down far enough that they have rusted to 
the drum during the humid season.  All the cables and levers were fine, but 
a light coating of rust had frozen the pads to the drum.

Loosening the nuts and beating on it with a sledge fixed it right up.

>From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
>To: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese@massed.net>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: Drum brakes vs. winter question
>Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 21:15:29 -0500 (EST)
>
>I figured the cable was the most likely candidate, and it seems to have
>freed up. I know that's not going to be a permanent condition (and what's
>the point of winter if you can't put the car sideways with the E brake?)
>so I've ordered a cable. It'll go in whenever it either gets warmer, or I
>feel like freezing my buns off.
>
>
>Cathy
>
>
> > Usually a few good pushes and pulls on the cable can free up the brake. 
>It
> > does sound like the e-brake cable. If you look there is probably an open
> > or
> > at least a rust spot on the cable.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
> > To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 8:25 AM
> > Subject: Re: Drum brakes vs. winter question
> >
> >
> >> Sorry, the car's an 88 Cabby, so same as an 8V Scirocco in terms of the
> >> brakes.
> >> >
> >> > Okay, so it's finally winter here, -19C (1F). And the daughter comes
> >> hme
> >> > and announces that the cars "F*%$ed". As I anticipated, of course. It
> >> > would wait for the bitter weather. But turns out it's got a brake
> >> that's
> >> > sticking on. (Rear, PS, drum). Which I figure I should be able to 
>deal
> >> > with.
> >> >
> >> > So what are the likely candidates? Frozen/sticking cable?  What else?
> >> I
> >> > just want to make it as quick a fix as humanly possible. Just wanted
> >> to
> >> > know what the most likely issue is before I go out and pull it apart.
> >> > (Which may wait till it warms up a bit...)
> >> >
> >> > Cathy
>
>
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