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dingg1 Member Since: 29 Jun 2013 Location: PORTUGAL Posts: 1340 |
What happens if you just try to get it moving under power? |
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14th Apr 2024 5:19pm |
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Steveg Member Since: 06 Apr 2024 Location: Norfolk Posts: 37 |
With the wheel off, just give the centre of the hub a hit with a hammer a few times. This should release stuck handbrake shoes. |
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14th Apr 2024 5:33pm |
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gtotobbe Member Since: 13 Mar 2023 Location: Nyköping Posts: 7 |
I tried driving the car forwards and backwards, but as it's parked on gravel, the wheel just drags and creates a rather impressive hole in the ground
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14th Apr 2024 5:53pm |
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dingg1 Member Since: 29 Jun 2013 Location: PORTUGAL Posts: 1340 |
I'd be tempted to drive it a few hundred yards and see if it frees off tbh 👀 |
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14th Apr 2024 6:19pm |
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garyRR Member Since: 13 Mar 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1463 |
Sounds like it will free itself under load on a solid surface. 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 |
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14th Apr 2024 10:05pm |
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gtotobbe Member Since: 13 Mar 2023 Location: Nyköping Posts: 7 |
Thanks, I will try to get it out on the asphalt and see if that releases it |
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15th Apr 2024 7:19am |
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garyRR Member Since: 13 Mar 2021 Location: Hampshire Posts: 1463 |
You could also try spraying some brake cleaner through the wheel onto the disc, caliper and pads, to help eat away some of the rust build up. It might make it easier for the wheel to un-seize. 2015 Range Rover Autobiography 4.4 SDV8 |
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15th Apr 2024 7:30am |
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gtotobbe Member Since: 13 Mar 2023 Location: Nyköping Posts: 7 |
Hi Gary,
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15th Apr 2024 7:38am |
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AndyRoo Member Since: 06 Dec 2023 Location: Gloucester Posts: 532 |
Sounds like the handbrake shoes have stuck to the drum and the activator is not winding in, there's probably a lip on the drum itself through wear after all the in use time which doesn't help things and a build up of crud in the hub itself.
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15th Apr 2024 8:07am |
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JayGee Member Since: 27 Jul 2021 Location: London Posts: 3173 |
On a car with a manual gearbox you can generaly free them using some very agressive clutch actions but on an automatic you won't generate enough shock to free it and the diff will just not transfer any load to the wheel if you try drving it. With the wheel and caliper off some heavy blows with a lump hammer to the edge of the disk is your only real option using a bit of hard wood to protect the disk surface or accept you will be replacing the disks due to the damage getting them off. There is not much gap between the shoes and inner surface on a handbrake so it doesn't take much condensation to create a rust bond. AFAIK there is a feature on teh GAP tool to fully retract the shoes for disk removal and if anybody is leaving a vehicle stood for a long time it's maybe wise to engage this. 2012 TDV8 Vogue (L322) |
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15th Apr 2024 8:20am |
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kevinp Member Since: 28 Sep 2019 Location: Telford Posts: 1202 |
Isn't there a cable behind the inside right boot cover that you have to pull? It's like a loop of wire poking through a hole. |
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15th Apr 2024 9:47am |
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gtotobbe Member Since: 13 Mar 2023 Location: Nyköping Posts: 7 |
Thank you all for your inputs, I will update on the progress when I have tried some more.
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15th Apr 2024 12:05pm |
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gtotobbe Member Since: 13 Mar 2023 Location: Nyköping Posts: 7 |
Update:
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16th Apr 2024 9:26pm |
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dingg1 Member Since: 29 Jun 2013 Location: PORTUGAL Posts: 1340 |
Told ya 👍 |
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16th Apr 2024 9:39pm |
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