Title says it all.
Jumped into the Stag during a space between Rainstorms, put it into reverse to back out of the Stag cave. Nothing, it went nowhere. It felt rather odd, checked behind all tyres but nothing there. A bit of clunking accompanied my efforts to move it. Began to worry about all manner of expensive things. Gave up as I was in a rush and deferred to something with a roof, how boring!
Later I got time to look at it. NSR wheel would spin on the gravel but the OS did nothing. More worries on diffs and stuff. Jacked it up and with Handbrake off and Gearbox in Neutral and the wheel would not rotate. Looked underneath whilst rocking the car to and fro to see what the clicking noise was. Ahhh! The HB lever was moving to and fro in time with the car. Bingo!
Took off the stuck brake drum and worried momentarily that I might get stuck like this again in the future, whilst out. And then forgot the concern altogether. A slight imprint of the lower brake shoe on the drum friction surface smiled at me. Why would this happen? Remembered that I'd washed the car before putting it in the Stag cave......
A quick search on here revealed hits, and I found Ian F explaining that to park the Stag after washing it was bound to be the cause of this, and how wise it is to dry off the Drums by using the brakes and HB a few times to dry the drums out. I can't count how many cars I've had and washed, but I've never suffered this.
But not many of them have drums these days, and certainly not drums with two generous holes in their faces, holes for water to go straight in when jetwashing those pristine and cherished alloys. All you have to do then is to move the car a short distance, then apply the HB and next day you probably won't be able to move it at all, as 'Sticktion' has the shoes firmly bonded to the Drums.
Happy Washing folks!
Steve
Jumped into the Stag during a space between Rainstorms, put it into reverse to back out of the Stag cave. Nothing, it went nowhere. It felt rather odd, checked behind all tyres but nothing there. A bit of clunking accompanied my efforts to move it. Began to worry about all manner of expensive things. Gave up as I was in a rush and deferred to something with a roof, how boring!
Later I got time to look at it. NSR wheel would spin on the gravel but the OS did nothing. More worries on diffs and stuff. Jacked it up and with Handbrake off and Gearbox in Neutral and the wheel would not rotate. Looked underneath whilst rocking the car to and fro to see what the clicking noise was. Ahhh! The HB lever was moving to and fro in time with the car. Bingo!
Took off the stuck brake drum and worried momentarily that I might get stuck like this again in the future, whilst out. And then forgot the concern altogether. A slight imprint of the lower brake shoe on the drum friction surface smiled at me. Why would this happen? Remembered that I'd washed the car before putting it in the Stag cave......
A quick search on here revealed hits, and I found Ian F explaining that to park the Stag after washing it was bound to be the cause of this, and how wise it is to dry off the Drums by using the brakes and HB a few times to dry the drums out. I can't count how many cars I've had and washed, but I've never suffered this.
But not many of them have drums these days, and certainly not drums with two generous holes in their faces, holes for water to go straight in when jetwashing those pristine and cherished alloys. All you have to do then is to move the car a short distance, then apply the HB and next day you probably won't be able to move it at all, as 'Sticktion' has the shoes firmly bonded to the Drums.
Happy Washing folks!
Steve
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