I had a problem like this once on an old truck that sat for a while. The parking brake was released but for whatever reason it seemed like the pads were still sticking to the drums....maybe from rust? Anyway, I just gave it hell and all of a sudden I heard a pop and it started moving freely again. I'm assuming that the pop was the pads breaking free. With another truck, I had a problem with so much grease and dirt caked on everything that it added up to too much for me to push on my own. Good luck!
- posted
20 years ago
I've got two cars that have been sitting for about two months. Neither
> starts. I went to push them to my garage and neither would move. I put
> both in nuetral, and made sure the parking brake was off.
>
> One is a 1990 Buick Century, the other is a 1993 Geo Prizm. Both have
> power brakes and auto transmissions.
>
> How do I get the brakes to let go of the rotors and drums? Do I need to
> pull the wheels off? Is it because the cars are'nt running and the
> power brake systems won't operate?
>
> Thanks for any input.
>
> Jp
>