Rear Left locking up?

Howdy all

So I left my freebie for three days whilst out on tour, and I came back to find that I couldnt get it moved. The rear right had jammed solid. Took about 5 mins of rocking it to get it to loosen off. Sounds like the brake was jammed on or summat. Anyone any ideas why it would do that?

cheers

Dunno but mine does it as well if I leave the handbrake on for a few days.
I tend to leave it in park instead.

bukko said:

Dunno but mine does it as well if I leave the handbrake on for a few days.
I tend to leave it in park instead.

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Yus need to grease up the pivots on the handbrake actuators inside the drums.

Mine does it as well, if I know I'm not gonna drive it for a few days I leave it in gear with the handbrake off.

mine did it whenever it got wet, strip down, clean, lubricate in the right places, re-assemble.

Had the same problem couple of years ago, replaced shoes and drums and lubricated linkages even though all were free, had no problems since. It seemed that the lining material was sticking to the drums and changing the shoes cured the problem (different lining material).

nickcc said:

Had the same problem couple of years ago, replaced shoes and drums and lubricated linkages even though all were free, had no problems since. It seemed that the lining material was sticking to the drums and changing the shoes cured the problem (different lining material).

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I agree - they nearly all suffer from this fault.

I'm particularly wary parking up after a run in heavy rain, or wading through floods.

Beware the linings de-laminating in which case no amount of rocking will release the bu**ers.

When temp is below freezing I just leave rely on the park transmission lock-up on the auto. On my previous manual I left it in gear.

Mine suffers from this too. It's been stripped, cleaned and greased more times than I can be bothered to remember!! I now only use the handbrake for the Mot. The rest of the time I use park on the auto!!

Nodge68 said:

Mine suffers from this too. It's been stripped, cleaned and greased more times than I can be bothered to remember!! I now only use the handbrake for the Mot. The rest of the time I use park on the auto!!

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I'll be using my less now my prop is back on. She not rolling anywhere on the flat!!