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From: Tiago on 9 Jun 2010 08:25
2002 Corolla, rear drum brakes, no ABS.

Most often, I commute on my motorcycle: faster, easier, cheaper... :)
So, since last friday night above mentioned Corolla was parked in
sheltered garage. This morning I decided that I deserve A/C, power
steering and comfy seats and tried to go to work with it. To my
surprise, both rear wheels are locked, just like I had firmly applied
hand brake... Wife confirmed that both rear wheels are locked. Front
wheels are not. I tried to rock car front and back, either by pushing
and by shifting from first gear to reverse, like one do when stuck on
mud, but I had no luck.

I do most of my maintenance. I changed the rear drum shoes myself 6
months ago and everything inside the drum was shiny and clean (really
it doesn't looked like a 8 year car). I rode over 10k miles during
this period, with no problems, with no issues on the handbrake or the
pedal brake. I'm really puzzled, because car was working perfectly
before I parked it friday night and it broke without anyone driving
it, nobody didn't ever opened the doors since friday! I wish it would
fix itself the same way... :)

so, could anyone please give me any insight on how I start
troubleshooting? I plan on removing the drums and seeing what's in
there, but to me, it's pretty weird both wheel are locked... I peered
under the car and there are no sticks, dead dogs or anything else
stuck anywhere.

thanks!

-- T
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 9 Jun 2010 16:12
On Wed, 09 Jun 2010 05:25:52 -0700, Tiago wrote:

> 2002 Corolla, rear drum brakes, no ABS.
>
> Most often, I commute on my motorcycle: faster, easier, cheaper... :) So,
> since last friday night above mentioned Corolla was parked in sheltered
> garage. This morning I decided that I deserve A/C, power steering and
> comfy seats and tried to go to work with it. To my surprise, both rear
> wheels are locked, just like I had firmly applied hand brake... Wife
> confirmed that both rear wheels are locked. Front wheels are not. I tried
> to rock car front and back, either by pushing and by shifting from first
> gear to reverse, like one do when stuck on mud, but I had no luck.
>
> I do most of my maintenance. I changed the rear drum shoes myself 6 months
> ago and everything inside the drum was shiny and clean (really it doesn't
> looked like a 8 year car). I rode over 10k miles during this period, with
> no problems, with no issues on the handbrake or the pedal brake. I'm
> really puzzled, because car was working perfectly before I parked it
> friday night and it broke without anyone driving it, nobody didn't ever
> opened the doors since friday! I wish it would fix itself the same way...
> :)
>
> so, could anyone please give me any insight on how I start
> troubleshooting? I plan on removing the drums and seeing what's in there,
> but to me, it's pretty weird both wheel are locked... I peered under the
> car and there are no sticks, dead dogs or anything else stuck anywhere.
>
> thanks!
>
> -- T

How's the brake cable look? It may be rusty and seized inside the sheath.

Also, did you adjust the tensioners when you did the rear brakes? (Just
asking...)



From: Jeff Strickland on 11 Jun 2010 12:17

"Tiago" <diariodastrilhas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eaf55b5b-c056-47cb-a3f5-1d1e6213a165(a)k39g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> 2002 Corolla, rear drum brakes, no ABS.
>
> Most often, I commute on my motorcycle: faster, easier, cheaper... :)
> So, since last friday night above mentioned Corolla was parked in
> sheltered garage. This morning I decided that I deserve A/C, power
> steering and comfy seats and tried to go to work with it. To my
> surprise, both rear wheels are locked, just like I had firmly applied
> hand brake... Wife confirmed that both rear wheels are locked. Front
> wheels are not. I tried to rock car front and back, either by pushing
> and by shifting from first gear to reverse, like one do when stuck on
> mud, but I had no luck.
>
> I do most of my maintenance. I changed the rear drum shoes myself 6
> months ago and everything inside the drum was shiny and clean (really
> it doesn't looked like a 8 year car). I rode over 10k miles during
> this period, with no problems, with no issues on the handbrake or the
> pedal brake. I'm really puzzled, because car was working perfectly
> before I parked it friday night and it broke without anyone driving
> it, nobody didn't ever opened the doors since friday! I wish it would
> fix itself the same way... :)
>
> so, could anyone please give me any insight on how I start
> troubleshooting? I plan on removing the drums and seeing what's in
> there, but to me, it's pretty weird both wheel are locked... I peered
> under the car and there are no sticks, dead dogs or anything else
> stuck anywhere.
>


The Parking Brake is stuck activated. It's spooky that you service your own
brakes and can't see this.

PS
Since the wheels are locked, it's not likely that you'll get the drums off
to inspect anything.







From: Sharx35 on 11 Jun 2010 17:06


"Jeff Strickland" <crwlrjeff(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:hutnkr$mee$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>
> "Tiago" <diariodastrilhas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eaf55b5b-c056-47cb-a3f5-1d1e6213a165(a)k39g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
>> 2002 Corolla, rear drum brakes, no ABS.
>>
>> Most often, I commute on my motorcycle: faster, easier, cheaper... :)
>> So, since last friday night above mentioned Corolla was parked in
>> sheltered garage. This morning I decided that I deserve A/C, power
>> steering and comfy seats and tried to go to work with it. To my
>> surprise, both rear wheels are locked, just like I had firmly applied
>> hand brake... Wife confirmed that both rear wheels are locked. Front
>> wheels are not. I tried to rock car front and back, either by pushing
>> and by shifting from first gear to reverse, like one do when stuck on
>> mud, but I had no luck.
>>
>> I do most of my maintenance. I changed the rear drum shoes myself 6
>> months ago and everything inside the drum was shiny and clean (really
>> it doesn't looked like a 8 year car). I rode over 10k miles during
>> this period, with no problems, with no issues on the handbrake or the
>> pedal brake. I'm really puzzled, because car was working perfectly
>> before I parked it friday night and it broke without anyone driving
>> it, nobody didn't ever opened the doors since friday! I wish it would
>> fix itself the same way... :)
>>
>> so, could anyone please give me any insight on how I start
>> troubleshooting? I plan on removing the drums and seeing what's in
>> there, but to me, it's pretty weird both wheel are locked... I peered
>> under the car and there are no sticks, dead dogs or anything else
>> stuck anywhere.
>>
>
>
> The Parking Brake is stuck activated. It's spooky that you service your
> own brakes and can't see this.
>
> PS
> Since the wheels are locked, it's not likely that you'll get the drums off
> to inspect anything.
>

Then, there are the idiots who insist that THEY can do their own income
taxes as well as a professional.


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From: Ray O on 12 Jun 2010 01:43

"Tiago" <diariodastrilhas(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:eaf55b5b-c056-47cb-a3f5-1d1e6213a165(a)k39g2000yqd.googlegroups.com...
> 2002 Corolla, rear drum brakes, no ABS.
>
> Most often, I commute on my motorcycle: faster, easier, cheaper... :)
> So, since last friday night above mentioned Corolla was parked in
> sheltered garage. This morning I decided that I deserve A/C, power
> steering and comfy seats and tried to go to work with it. To my
> surprise, both rear wheels are locked, just like I had firmly applied
> hand brake... Wife confirmed that both rear wheels are locked. Front
> wheels are not. I tried to rock car front and back, either by pushing
> and by shifting from first gear to reverse, like one do when stuck on
> mud, but I had no luck.
>
> I do most of my maintenance. I changed the rear drum shoes myself 6
> months ago and everything inside the drum was shiny and clean (really
> it doesn't looked like a 8 year car). I rode over 10k miles during
> this period, with no problems, with no issues on the handbrake or the
> pedal brake. I'm really puzzled, because car was working perfectly
> before I parked it friday night and it broke without anyone driving
> it, nobody didn't ever opened the doors since friday! I wish it would
> fix itself the same way... :)
>
> so, could anyone please give me any insight on how I start
> troubleshooting? I plan on removing the drums and seeing what's in
> there, but to me, it's pretty weird both wheel are locked... I peered
> under the car and there are no sticks, dead dogs or anything else
> stuck anywhere.
>
> thanks!
>
> -- T

the parking brake bell crank is probably frozen in place. To remove the
drums, remove the black rubber plug on the inboard side of the backing plate
and back the adjusters all the way off.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)


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