SportTouringSedan

Anyone had to thaw their e brake before? Came home on a rainy saturday and went to leave last night and e brake was froze. I normally leave it in first but.... Anyway I tried letting it idle for half hour but no luck. No shop to put it in, I have a lil propane torch. As long as I heat just the shoes and try and keep the drum from getting hot nothing should warp right?

ItalianJoe1

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Evenly heating the brakes won't hurt anything, you'd have to really create a hot spot to warp something. Just try to keep the heat away from the wheel cyl and lines/hoses, as they shouldn't get torched.

Try whacking it with a hammer? It's possible it's just sticky, not actually surrounded with ice.

SportTouringSedan

Ok thanks I'm about to head out now. Its -2 with the wind chill so I am dragging my feet lol

toolman

Mine froze up on Monday night. But it was the cable that froze. Heating up the brakes won't help if the cable is frozen.