Hi I need some help with a weird brake problem.
I have a twin axle Bailey Skorpio caravan which I moved from where it was stored over the winter onto my drive about 3 weeks ago to sort out a few bits and pieces (another couple of leaks on the roof etc).
The van towed back from storage with no issues at all and as usual the brakes felt as if they worked fine.
I parked the van at the bottom of my drive and did the work on the one side I could get to.
After a week or so I puled the van back up the slightly sloping drive so I could get to the other side where it has been for about 2 weeks.
It has been held on the slope on the hand brake as usual.
I finished the work this afternoon and went to drop the van back down the drive.
When I released the hand brake I found that the rear wheel on one side was locked on. The other three were moving OK.
I put the hand brake back on, jacked up the van are removed the wheel from the offending hub so I could get the van moved back down the drive.
I release the hand brake again to gently roll the van back to find the rear wheel on the other side had now locked on.
Looking underneath it looks as if the cables aren't going back on the 2 effected hubs when I release the brake. They are left poking out the front of the balance bar, although I can knock them back in without much effort so I don't think its the cables that have stuck. The fault appear to be in the hub itself.
The hand brake has always come up a ling way (almost vertical when fully on) but the brakes themselves always appear to work ok when towing.
I know that I need to fit new hub nuts when I undo them to take the hubs off but if the shoes are hard onto the drum I don't know how I will get the hub off even if I remove the hub nut.
Is there anything I can do to release the shoes without removing the hubs?
The van is a 1991 van and is in reasonably poor condition from past damp and leaks so I don't want to spend much on it as I am hoping to get a new van in a few months
I am supposed to be using the van this Friday.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.
Richard
I have a twin axle Bailey Skorpio caravan which I moved from where it was stored over the winter onto my drive about 3 weeks ago to sort out a few bits and pieces (another couple of leaks on the roof etc).
The van towed back from storage with no issues at all and as usual the brakes felt as if they worked fine.
I parked the van at the bottom of my drive and did the work on the one side I could get to.
After a week or so I puled the van back up the slightly sloping drive so I could get to the other side where it has been for about 2 weeks.
It has been held on the slope on the hand brake as usual.
I finished the work this afternoon and went to drop the van back down the drive.
When I released the hand brake I found that the rear wheel on one side was locked on. The other three were moving OK.
I put the hand brake back on, jacked up the van are removed the wheel from the offending hub so I could get the van moved back down the drive.
I release the hand brake again to gently roll the van back to find the rear wheel on the other side had now locked on.
Looking underneath it looks as if the cables aren't going back on the 2 effected hubs when I release the brake. They are left poking out the front of the balance bar, although I can knock them back in without much effort so I don't think its the cables that have stuck. The fault appear to be in the hub itself.
The hand brake has always come up a ling way (almost vertical when fully on) but the brakes themselves always appear to work ok when towing.
I know that I need to fit new hub nuts when I undo them to take the hubs off but if the shoes are hard onto the drum I don't know how I will get the hub off even if I remove the hub nut.
Is there anything I can do to release the shoes without removing the hubs?
The van is a 1991 van and is in reasonably poor condition from past damp and leaks so I don't want to spend much on it as I am hoping to get a new van in a few months
I am supposed to be using the van this Friday.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance.
Richard