<VV> Stuck Corvair

[Ray]

A good trick for getting frozen drums off is to go to the rear of the backingplate and cut the heads off of the brake shoe retaining pins. Then get a pry bar into the bottom between the backing plate and drum and pry the drum off upward. 
No hammer needed. 


RCS. 




On Sep 21, 2013, at 8:44 PM, "Gary Swiatowy" <gswiatowy at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> I got a call a few years ago on one that had been stored in a very damp
> garage.
> Had to use a 4wd truck to get it out of the garage.
> No room to work on it inside the garage.
> 
> Jacked up one side at a time and beat on the drums with a large hammer to no
> avail. I actually cut the cables as they were froze too.
> Finally, had to actually beat on the drums with a sledge hammer long and
> hard to actually break the drums.
> It was a lot of work and all brake parts and drums were junk.
> 
> The owner of this 65 4-door wanted me to fix it up for them so they could
> drive it.
> I had brake parts at home.
> 
> Later on, I discovered, there was not enough left of the unibody to make the
> car viable. The dampness made all the floors, and the unibody crunchy.
> Body was pretty nice overall, but the car ended up getting scrapped.
> 
> Gary Swiatowy
>    
> From: "Steven J. Serenska" <corvair at serenska.com>
> Subject: <VV> Stuck Corvair
> 
> VVers:
> 
> I just went to push the car out of the garage to get it prepped to mist 
> the cylinders, etc. only to discover that I believe the parking brakes 
> are frozen.  The lever releases and makes the proper ratcheting noises 
> in and out, but the shoes seem locked.
> 
> What is the recommended next step?  Pull it out with a winch and hope 
> that the seal breaks?  Something else?
> 
> Any help would be most welcome.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Steven J. Serenska
> '65 Monza Convertible, 110/4, stuck
> '66 Corsa Coupe, 140/4, awaiting a new exhaust system
> 
> 
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