Rear wheel frozen on 1986 Honda Civic

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Masospaghetti - 15 Dec 2006 01:35 GMT

I have a 1986 Civic that's been sitting outside for about 4 months now.
I tried to move it the other day and found that the rear left wheel is
locked and I was only successful in dragging the tire across my
driveway. The other side seems fine.

What is most likely to cause this? Rusted brake parts? Would getting a
brake hardware kit fix this problem?

Thanks
-J

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Tegger - 15 Dec 2006 02:03 GMT

Masospaghetti <no@mail.gatech.edu> wrote in news:elsu59$jgj$1@news-
int.gatech.edu:

> I have a 1986 Civic that's been sitting outside for about 4 months now.
> I tried to move it the other day and found that the rear left wheel is
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> What is most likely to cause this? Rusted brake parts? Would getting a
> brake hardware kit fix this problem?

The brake shoes are corroded to the drum. Parking brake was on for a long
time, wasn't it? Never set the parking brake when storing a car.

The fix: Remove the road wheel on the affected side. Get a one-pound
hammer. Tap all around the SIDE of the drum between the studs and the edge
of the drum. Tap gently (not TOO gently) and rapidly, working your way all
the way around. Keep going... Eventually you'll hear a ZING! noise. This
will mean the shoes have pulled away from the drum and you're home-free.

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Mike Romain - 15 Dec 2006 15:37 GMT

We recently had that happen to a vehicle parked too long. We got lucky
on one side, working the emergency brake cable hard and hitting the rim
with a 10 lb hammer broke it loose. On the other side we had to remove
the tire and bearing to get it unseized.

Mike
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> I have a 1986 Civic that's been sitting outside for about 4 months now.
> I tried to move it the other day and found that the rear left wheel is
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> Thanks
> -J

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