Hi all,
I have this notch project that I'd left for a few years (in a garage) and I just went to get things moving on it the other day but its totally stuck... Looks like the brakes have somehow seized on. I've never messed with brakes myself before so I really son't know what to look for but I can tell you the handbrake is definitely off 🙂
Could anyone point me in the right direction here, it'd be great to get the project moving again. (literally)
Thanks,
Pete
same thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago... check the star adjusters on the brakes.
I opened mine up and then was able to roll. Maybe they expanded in the heat or something....
Thanks dude!,
I've never adjusted them before is it a relatively straight forward process?
Yeh, just guessing that's what's happened as it happened to me.
Only takes a couple of mins. Jack the car up, put on stands, get a flat head screwdriver and move the adjusting stars up or down to tighten or loosen them.
If you jack the car, handbrake is off and can't move your rear wheels, i'm guessing that's the problem.
Let us know how you get on. 🙂
I had this happen heaps of times when left for a while.
the rear shoes literally rust to the drums.
Chock up the wheels as you will need to have the hand brake off while jacking the car up.
jack up the rear, get a soft mallet and give the backing plates a good old thump all the way around. That will shear the shoes off the surface of the drum and you are good to go. Repeat as necessary.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Thanks Vlad, I'll check it out!
Never park your car with the hand brake on, guaranteed to lock up the rear wheels
vwo60 wrote:Never park your car with the hand brake on, guaranteed to lock up the rear wheels
lol that is what they are for. But unfortunately they always lock on on the VWs. Never had this problem on any other car, just VWs for some reason.
Had it happen on fords but thats due to an existing faulty handbrake mechanism built into the caliper. Basically they lock on as soon as you use the handbrake, not due to sitting there.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Had this happen with my XM ford, the clutch can do the same thing too.
Quote of the week
"Do I wish to send them to you again, nope, no interest can't be bothered really, to much hassle for little or no return."
[IMG]https://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate2-18600.png[/IMG]WHen the baja sits for a while, particularly after rain you drive forward and hear this big 'clutch' where the drums finally let go after mildly rusting on. At least with the handbrake, its only 1 shoe out of the pair that would be stuck to the drum.
Maybe just drive it out lol.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
when mine got stuck, I tried for 20 min to rev and side step the clutch repeatably. Only managed to free one wheel like that but was burning my clutch doing it.
It was that day I worked out the mallet on the backing plate method.
71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE
Need the torque of a 3 rib kombi box 😀
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears. 👍
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta!
I'd give that a try but, There's no engine in there... 🙂
lol
Tuned Type IV power - shaking out the rust.
