need help rear brake Jam

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Old 11-23-2007, 05:11 PM
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need help rear brake Jam

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last night i park my car out outside and i pulled the hand break . when in the morning i pull the hand brake down the rear right side wheel is gone jam. please can any one tell me how should i make it free.i am 100% sure its frozen cuz its snowing where i live.can anyone tell me in detail how to fix it.
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Old 11-23-2007, 11:55 PM
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happened on my saab i used a hair dryer to unfreeze the ice on the calipers and rotors then used a screwdriver to poke the breaks back
Old 11-24-2007, 02:39 AM
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brake problem

hi well i live in appartment and dont have indoor parking so cant use the hairdryer can you tell me other way how to fix my brake problem?my car have rear brake disc too.
Old 11-24-2007, 11:14 AM
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Old 12-05-2007, 02:17 PM
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btw: all cls have 4 wheel disc.... this happened to me, but it was due to a bad caliper...
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my car problem is fixed itself it was very cold so the handbrake was stuck when the temp went down it automaticely release the brake.thanks for the help guys
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Just a note for future, the parking brakes are supposed to be [rear] drum brakes behind the rotors. The caliper brake you see engages only when the brakes are applied. (I am just finding this out now so I thought mention it)
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