Got our first major snow storm yesterday. Started truck to go out yesterday afternoon and had to use 4x4 everywhere i went, inoticed that the brakes were very sensative. It took very little pedal presure to lock up the rears, very unusesual. After about 30 minutes of driveing the brakes were back to normal. Anyway, went to move the truck lastnight and when I put it in reverse it would not move. I gave it a little throtle and it finally moved. It felt like the parking brake was applied, but it wasn't. I got out to take a closer look and noticed that the passenger rear tire had not been rotateing but rather looked in place and slid back and forth, Skid mark left in snow on the driveway. This took place with the truck in 4x4 and it was all the truck could do drag itself the 4 feet back up the driveway. So it is Sunday morning,-50" with the windchill and I need the truck today. I thinking about hitting the backing plate with a bfh to see if that loosens the shoes or using a combination of heat gun and bfg. Jacking the truck and removing the tire are out of the question because of incline of the driveway and the slippery conditions. soory for the long post but you'all need all the details. Any help would be great

 

About the only thing you can do is get it into a garage with heat. With wind chills like that its too dangerous to out in it.

Sometimes you can just start driving and the tires will catch on pavement and break loose, but then again you might just get stranded. IMHO Find a heated garage.

If you have a torpedo (space) heater you might try that also if you don't have a garage.


Remember this saying when you are 4 wheeling, "If you play, you'll pay".

 

If you can get moving and get good traction for that one wheel it may break it loose. I'd hit it with the hammer also, hoping to break something loose, if runing that tire over a good traction area didn't help.

Chris

 

Thanks for the replys guys. The heat gun and bfh worked, both rear shoes were frozen in the applied postion. Mental note to self, self don't apply the parking brake when there's a chance that the brakes will freeze up on ya. Lesson learned!

 

thought you up North dudes new that

 

I don't have that problem anymore