What if primorzli pads

Why blocked pads

Because water gets into the brake drums and freezes between the housing and the pads.

Most often this happens in the offseason, when the day of slush on the road, and at night there are frosts. To block blocked tightly enough to ride through puddles and put on the handbrake. However, sometimes enough and moist air, because of which the condensate formed in the drum.

Almost certainly pads primorznut and if immediately after washing to use the parking brake in the cold.

What if primorzli pads on cars with drum brakes

Under no circumstances should you try to get under way with an effort to make primorzshie pads. Engine power with more than enough for that, but you run the risk of tear or damage the lining blocks transmission. It is better to use one of the proven ways.

1. Kick the tires and the car rocking

Sometimes it can work even such banal advice. If a ice inside the drums a little bit, it is easy to depart from a few blows to the rear wheels.

Evidence that everything turned out to be a ruptured ice crunching.

A similar effect can be achieved by well shaking the car from side to side.

2. Prostuchite drums hammer

This method works perfectly. Ice also destroyed the blows, but not on the wheel and the brake drum to the body and leg, and a hammer or other heavy object.

A car with alloy wheels can rattle drums through the spaces between the spokes. If the discs pressed, then without removing wheelsMost likely, will not do. But first, you can try to tap the fastening screws.

Beat should not be very strong and it is desirable not directly, but through some sort of wood or laying wheelbrace not to damage the body.

In most cases, enough 3-4 confident strokes on the drum perimeter. Once the pads go away, you will immediately understand it by the characteristic sound of crumbling ice.

Will only repeat the procedure for the second wheel.

3. Thawing drums water

In principle, this option is no worse than the previous one. He will come in handy when the hand no tools, but there is warm water. Besides it is not necessary to remove the wheels.

Boiling water should be avoided, that because of the temperature difference is not cracked housings. Take a hot or even warm water and pour a little on wheels so that it fell on the brake drum. Kettle usually more than enough to both wheels, though it depends on the situation.

After defrosting immediately started, otherwise the pads may freeze again.

4. Thawing drums air

If the hand is a hose of sufficient length to warm pad by using the exhaust heat.

For this wear or insert one end of the hose in the muffler, and the second direct drive in the holes so that the exhaust gases fall onto the drum casing. Slightly increase the engine speed to accelerate the process, as when you hear a click liberated pad, repeat procedure for the second wheel.

Instead of gas, you can use any heat source other than an open fire. For example, building a hair dryer or an infrared heater.

What if primorzli pads on cars with disc brakes

In cars with disc brakes on the rear wheels shoe froze very rarely. At the same time to reach them more easily. But you still need to act cautiously.

1. Defrost pad nezamerzayku

This is the most obvious and easy way. It allows relatively easy access to water winter shoes omyvayki, The stock of which is, in the trunk of each driver. Due to alcohol as a part of it in just a couple of minutes to break the ice and release the pad.

Instead nezamerzayki alcohol comprising means may serve both defroster locks.

Keep in mind that when the alcohol evaporates, to the shoes, is likely to remain oil film. Therefore, the first time the effectiveness of the brakes will be lower.

What to do next

Whichever method you use it, after unlocking the pads need to be dried. It's enough to drive 100-200 meters tightened a couple of clicks of the handbrake. The drum is heated up and the moisture gets into it evaporates.

What to do to pad no longer freeze

1. Do not use the parking brake in cold, wet weather as possible. Instead, leave the car in first or reverse gear, and if a car with automatic transmission - in the Parking position (P).
2. After washing and drive through the puddles always dry the brakes, passing 100-200 meters with a slightly tightened handbrake.
3. Try to park so had to go in reverse. This will increase the chances to disrupt primorzshie blocks from the spot.