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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 12:58 PM
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locking up breaks in the cold

well i learned today, if u have a heated garage, and u go out in the snow with ur car, when u come back, let it dry before u go back out cause if u use ur ebrake when ur parked somewhere and u come back, ur back breaks will be locked up, and they are a pita to get loose, just an fyi.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:02 PM
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hmm ive never had that problem
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:38 PM
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Happens every time I wash mine in the garage with the ebrake set, the brakepads rust to the rotors. I try to leave it in gear now instead. Sometimes I'll kill the engine before they let go. Hawk HPS.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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I've never had a cars breaks lock up bad enough from ice where I couldn't move the car; Usually 800rpm in first gear is enough to unlock all four breaks.

Your cars got 200+ ft-lbs of torque and you cant break a few millimeters of ice off the rotors?
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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yepp that sounds rite lol...maby grease the slides..
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 02:12 PM
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Yeah, that happens to me too. Sometimes when the car sits a couple days, most weekends actually, it takes a little bit of force to get them to let go of the rotor.

And it has nothing at all to do with the caliper slides and lack of grease.
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Old Jan 8, 2011 | 02:59 PM
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oh my car can move, u just drag the tires with. after a while when the rotors are burning hot, it will let go
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