Comitatus

My car is stuck...I think the e-brake is stuck and my car wont roll...Its in neutral and i have pulled and put down the ebrake several times to get it to budge, but to no avail.



Any Suggestions???



I had the car up on jack stands for a couple of days, would that have anything to do with it?

rotarychainsaw

WD-40 everywhere?

Thats all I can think of...

RX7Aggie

i know the brake lines are right next to the frame/chassis. it is possible that when you let the car down on the jack stands on the driver side, you pinched the metal brake lines shut.



i did this once, only the jack stand shifted the lines over, but didn't bend them. i was lucky. check the lines on the driver side under the car between the front and rear wheels.

Comitatus

Thanks, Ill Check that, I dont remember getting close to any lines when I put it on the jack stands, but who knows, Something's not right!!!

j9fd3s

the e brake whammies are on the rear caliper. its got a spring loaded arm connected to a cable. with the e brake released you should be able to move it, its spring loaded.



mike

JTurtonRX_7

could it be that a piston in one of the calipers is stuck? Just a thought.

Comitatus

If it was a piston in the caliper, how would I get it unstuck??

Travisty

push real hard.

my brakes just locked up cause my car sat forever.

just pushed pulled it with my friends car.

TheCamel

Pulling a car with stuck brakes is not the best answer. There are a few things to think about before doing this. One is dragging a flat spot into the tire as the car will not roll. The other is the stored inertia when the brake does let go, ussually starleing the driver long enough to forget there is another vehicle in front of them causing damage to both vehicles. The best thing to do is put the car back on jack stands and try to rotate the rear tires. you should have some play to rotate the tire slightly even with a LSD, whichever tire is not moving at all is your culprit. Remove the wheel and check the parking brake cable as mentioned above. If that is working fine you have a stuck caliper. Start the engine and allow it to idle for a minute or so (still on the jack stands) and press the brake pedal as hard as you can and release. check the progress by slowly releasing the clutch in 1st gear or automatic in drive to see if you now have forward movement. If this does not free up the caliper try opening the bleeder screw on the caliper and see if there is fluid pressure holding the caliper (the pinched brake line mentioned before would be a good possibility if this fixes the probem) If all else fails it is time to remove the rear caliper and look to rebuild it.