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Wheel seized on 98 Megane

  • 14-09-2009 9:42am
    #1
    boo-urns
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭


    Hi all,
    I'm wondering whether anyone can help me with a problem I have mith my car. I own a 98 megane (hatchback) that I use occasionally (I'm normally on a motorbike) and went I went to take it out of the drive last Thursday evening I had a bit of trouble getting it moving, it turns out that the left back wheel on the car has seized completely on me. I took the wheel off and had a look around for anything obvious that could be blocking it but didn't see anything.
    Has anyone had or heard of a problem like this before? I'd like to know whether there's anything I can to to remedy the situation before calling a mechanic and getting it towed.
    The car has ABS and it hadn't been used in around a week before I tried taking it out and all the other wheels are turning as normal.


Comments

  • #2
    BrianD3
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,514 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    I would say that a brake shoe lining has come away from its metal backing and is jamming the drum. I have seen this happen a few times. A new set of brake shoes is needed. The car might still move if you give it some welly, try moving it forwards and backwards to see if it unsticks.


  • #3
    boo-urns
    Closed Accounts Posts: 36 ✭boo-urns


    Thanks for that, I'll try get it moving this afternoon and if I do I'll drive it straight to a mechanic in case it seizes again!


  • #4
    hefty_langer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 539 ✭✭✭hefty_langer


    had the same thing happen on a clio, brake shoes siezed to the drum, try rocking the car back and forth to free it up, get it down to a garage and have the brake shoes checked...


  • #5
    mikewest
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 794 ✭✭✭mikewest


    If it has normal "steel" wheels as opposed to alloys then maybe a little persuasion with a sledgehammer can help. Meganes are a bugger for this and from experience new shoes doesn't always cure the problem either.

    Edit: Just realised, nobody has said its a stuck handbrake OP!


  • #6
    KamiKazi
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭KamiKazi


    Used to get this the odd time on an old saxo I had, rocking the car backwards and forwards freed it up no problem. Was pretty rare to happen, and only when happened after it had been sitting up for a while.


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