I just went to move my car out of the snow and a neighbor told me that my right rear tire is not spinning. It was fine yesterday in the snow, today there is more ice. I drove anyway and this terrible squeaking/squealing sound occured and smoke from the tire. I don't know what to do.
2007-02-14 23:32:30 · 6 answers · asked by anissa d 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
3 possibilities to this one....
1-Did you use your parking brake? It's possible that your parking brake is stuck either from freezing or age if not used enough. The parking brake only engages one rear wheel.
2-The wheel bearing could be bad. If you have noticed a "howling" noise coming from your car lately while driving it is a possibility.
3-Brake could be frozen. When you drive your brakes heat up with use. If there is water on the pads, rotors/drums, components when you park in freezing temps the water will freeze.
If it's very cold where you are try moving the car to a warm garage to let it thaw and dry. If that doesn't do it you will need to visit a service center to have your wheel bearings and brakes inspected/replaced.
2007-02-15 00:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you parked your car did you use your emergency brake? Sometimes they will seize up and get stuck if they haven't been used in a long time or if your vehicle is really old. What I would do is jack up your car from the rear and try spinning the wheel on the other side as well and see if it turns or not. Then take off the wheel that's not spinning freely and take off the brake drum if it has drum brakes and see what happened. Regaurdless if it has drum brakes or disk brakes on the rear you should be able to tell what happened by inspecting the e-brake cable and brake cylinder. If all that checks out ok and your vehicle is rear wheel drive as a last resort take off the drive shaft and see if your yolk that the drive shaft connects to your rear differential spins freely or not. If not then take off your rear diff cover and see if your ring or pinion gear is shelled out. Hopefully you have a garage to do this in instead of outside. It sucks working outside in the snow and ice. Believe me I know that from experience.
2007-02-15 00:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by guitardan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You've got snow and or ice in the brake drum. Hammering on the brake drum with a heavy metal bar will release it, but may crack the brake drum. Best to heat it until the ice melts enough to release the brake then take the car for a drive and drag the brakes periodically to heat them up and break up whatever snow or ice is still inside the brake drum. Or, if you have a garage and are mechanically knowledgeable, take the car inside and pull the offending brake drum and clean out the snow and ice manually.
Applying the parking brake after driving through heavy snow can cause this problem.
2007-02-15 03:50:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If it was working fine prior to this I would think the cable is sticking and hanging up causing your rear brake not to release. Don't drive like this or you'll over heat the drum. Get it in to someplace warm and see if it release, then try and get the cable lubricated as well as the mechanism at the wheels. Also make sure if there are any return springs underneath to pull cable back that they are in tact and not missing.
2007-02-15 00:06:07 · answer #4 · answered by wheeler 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow, your gonna need to have it checked,
You did disengage the parking brake right???-lol
I dont know much about brakes but i had a similar problem, my problem was parts inside the drum cracked and fell off inside got caught up and made the brake lock.
It might also be be the pressure cylinder (don't know the name) that pushes the brake onto the walls of the drum. (assuming the rear brakes are Drum)
Over all have a visual inspection done, it/they should'nt charge anything for it, at least they did'nt here in SoCal.
Best Wishes
"/JOe
2007-02-14 23:49:15 · answer #5 · answered by "/ J()€ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-03 12:28:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋