hi all, car is rrs hse 3l been sitting for 10 m0nths, so finally managed to get the hand brake released and the nearside rear wheel spins freely but the offside is locked even thought the pads are clearly free so what is locking it? thanks

Inside the hub are the park brake shoes. So that's prob the cause.

The brakes sieze on these at the best of times without sitting for 10 months.

Remove caliper
Remove torox bolt holding disc on.

Light tapping on the rear of disc and center hub to see if it free's

some moving pictures here

HI Andy, thanks i have just watched the video now i know what i am doing i will have a go tomorrow at freeing the drum. thanks again for your help.

you may also find this post helpful.


https://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic28424.html


Better info on brakes in here

May be worth doing a strip and clean or you may find the park brake seizing on again. 2019 5.0 SC SVA (Current)
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yes if i ever get the engine running i plan to renew the lot. so i finally managed to free the drum, i took the caliper off took out the drum retaining bolt so the whole thing was loose sprayed through the drum adjusting hole with wd40 left it for 30 mins then whacked 7 bells out of it with a rubber mallet and 10 mins later a free spinning hub.
now for the easy part push it into my garage and remove the crankshaft.