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Brake Seizure

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sutol

Nearside rear brake has siezed on after stupid here left the handbrake on :ph34r:

 

Will it be the cable or drum that has siezed ? What do you think, should I sacrafice a cable and cut it ?

 

Trouble is the car is in a field and I dont have a wheelnut key, I need to get it back to my garage to sort it so as I can push it about as and when required (don't ask ! ) Anyone got an easy fix ??

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Pugnut

more than likely to be the shoes and assembly inside the drum thats seized up. a quick fix is usually a good beating with a BFH .

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sutol
more than likely to be the shoes and assembly inside the drum thats seized up. a quick fix is usually a good beating with a BFH .

 

Ta mate, trouble is I can't get the wheel off and it's in a field (long damp grass under it ). Think I'll have to winch it on the trailer and take it home for further investigation.

I remember a thread on here about removing locking nuts when you don't have a key but can't remember the outcome.

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Ta mate, trouble is I can't get the wheel off and it's in a field (long damp grass under it ). Think I'll have to winch it on the trailer and take it home for further investigation.

I remember a thread on here about removing locking nuts when you don't have a key but can't remember the outcome.

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hammer an appropriately sized socket onto it with the aforementioned BFH and remove in the usual manner

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Pugnut

you dont necessarily need to take the wheel off . slipping an oversized socket over the wheel nuts and hitting that may even do it . or getting a bar through the wheel and battering that . or if you're not worried about the wheel the batter that .

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sutol

Right, the big FO hammer did the trick, thanks..

Didn't need a wheel nut key as when I put my other glasses on I found that it didn't have locking wheel nuts :lol:

Anyone know where I can get a top engine mount from to suit fitting Mi16 (ally block) to 205 ?post-9302-1193776572.gif

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Anyone know where I can get a top engine mount from to suit fitting Mi16 (ally block) to 205 ?

 

 

B&Q - usually between the rocking horse poo and the hen's teeth :lol::) Spoox advertise a billet one for silly money, or sometimes crop up on e-bay

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