My rear brake is locked while trying to sell the car, and the buyers mechanic is saying it will cost him 800.00 to fix. How do I unlock the brakes myself so that I can sell this really nice car? the car...
Hey there. This could be a few different things. I would start with the E brake. the cable could be locking the rear brakes. Are the rear brakes disc or drum brakes? If they are disc the calipers are held on with two bolts but more than likely they are drum brakes. There are a number of things that can break in a drum brake. There is usually 3 seperate springs that can break. As well as an adjutment for the tension on the shoes. The e brake retaining clip, the retaining clip for the shoes,
etc. A good thing to go and get is a Repair Manual for the car. It will have a diagram of your brake setup. New hardwear and shoes are usually easy to get if somthing is broken.
Start by pulling off the tire and try to remove the drum, If they are locked up as bad as it sounds you will probly need to use some force. Now on some cars there will be two bolt holes, you can use rhem. You will need to find two bolts that fit the threads then you tighten them down evanly, this will press the drum off the cae so you can see what is binding up your rear brakes. That shoul get on the right track to getting it fixed. Any questions just ask. Have a good day.
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