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Car Handbrake jammed- help please! Galway City Centre..

  • 22-01-2011 8:58pm
    #1
    whatlliwear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭


    Hi guys,

    So I tried to move my car today but the bloody handbrake is stuck. I had started it over the cold weather so I thought all was fine. I know it's a long shot but if anyone could either fix it for me or advise me on what to do. It's my first car & I am only learning to drive.. Really wanted to get some practice driving in this weekend :(


Comments

  • #2
    Rylan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭Rylan


    You need to rock the car back and forth. Drive forward then backward. It will eventually unstick.


  • #3
    Fozzie Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Fozzie Bear


    Rylan wrote: »
    You need to rock the car back and forth. Drive forward then backward. It will eventually unstick.

    /\ /\ /\ What he said /\ /\ /\

    Put the car in gear, gently let the clutch out so that the car starts to strain as it tries to move forward. You don't need to let the clutch off completely, it should be still partially pressed with your foot. Let the car strain gently for a second, press the clutch to the floor, reverse gear and do the same again. The brakes will release they are just temporarily stuck from being engaged for so long.


  • #4
    whatlliwear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭whatlliwear


    Hi thanks so much for the replies. My bf has tried all this in vain..
    He doesn't think he will be able to fix it himself.. Tomrrow's another day though eh!


  • #5
    Mr Keek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 497 ✭✭Mr Keek


    Yer goin nowhere tonights, leave the car in gear and put the handbrake down, it should thaw tomorrow.

    don't engage the handbrake at night until this frosty weather passes, just leave the car in gear, it'll go nowhere, put a brick in front of one of yer wheels if yer worried.

    happened to me during Christmas, I was lucky an was able to free it by pouring boiling water in through the rear wheel spokes.


  • #6
    Average-Ro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭Average-Ro


    This happened to me as well, but it wasn't frozen, the brake shoes had seized. Get a hammer and give the rear brake drums a good bang on either wheel. Then rock the car back and forth again. This freed it for me; but it did sieze again a few times over the next few days so I had to get it to a mechanic. (Though a few bangs with a hammer freed it every time)

    It's not the full solution, but it'll get you moving again.


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