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Subject:Re: Rear Brakes Seized?
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:53:49 -0400

Give the drum some serious whacks with a hammer.  Maybe apply torque
with a pry bar between the studs at the same time.
  Did you set the hand brake when you parked it?  I finally learned
not to set the hand brake on our PT when parking it for any length of
time.

Larry A.

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:58 PM, James V <chimivee@gmail.com> wrote:
> I washed my van yesterday, then moved it to the street. This
> afternoon, I went to move it back to the driveway to do some work, and
> it won't budge. I've had the rear drums seize up from rust before, but
> usually it frees up easily with some gas pedal coaxing. But the van
> isn't budging.
>
> I reved it hard a half dozen times both in forward and reverse,
> abusing the poor clutch, but it's not moving. (it will roll maybe an
> inch). The hand brake feels normal when pulled, and while gasing it in
> reverse, I can feel the tension in the hand brake until I let off - so
> I presume it is indeed a locked drum...? Help appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> James V
> 86 Syncro Westy
>