Handbrake seized with cold

**bigmac** · 3rd December 2010, 09:50

Any ideas how to get it free it's stuck on and it's -4.5 outside

**byebyeitsagsi** · 3rd December 2010, 10:05

Pull away and It should free itself with a but of luck.

**bigmac** · 3rd December 2010, 10:07

Think callipers are seized I've driven away but when I've stopped there's smoke and disks are red hot

**Deztroyer** · 3rd December 2010, 10:30

Don,

It sounds like you have frozen water in the handbrake cables mate

you will need to warm up the cables and possibly check /find where the leak is and replace the cable as necessary - otherwise its going to rust and then just stick on anyway

hth

regards

Dez

**bigmac** · 3rd December 2010, 11:25

Managed to get in working

think it's what you said Dez drivers side was smoking bad and passenger was but not as bad

1st time it's happened so not sure what to do,seems to be one thing after another atm

**peadar** · 3rd December 2010, 11:34

if you reach in under neath at the back where the cables attach to the brake system tap it up gently
i had to do the wifes zafira last night

**CLOMP** · 3rd December 2010, 12:35

a careful rock back wards always un sticks mine in freezing conditions, it's parked on the flat so I tend to NOT put it on,,if I remember,, which I haven't, so off to unstick mine.