1996 Pontiac Firebird "emergency brake locked rear drum" Questions

...emergency brake cables and the back brakes. I would get brake cleaner or a silicone lubricant like wd 40 and apply it to the brake drums in the back for a few days to loosen the up rust that has ...

Emergency Brake. Disengage the Transmission (NEUTRAL) Try to spin the rear wheels by hand. I have seen a brake spring on the rear drum brakes of a car break, and cause the brakes to lock onto the hub,

...Emergency brake. The Emergency brake has a cable and it often is self-adjusting. What has probably happened in your car is that the adjuster has tightened up and the OFF position is too tight for the ...

emergency brake a few times in the previous weeks to do some fishtails and I think that might be part of the problem. I don't want to have to tow the car to get it fixed. Any suggestions? if your in a

emergency brake does not retract when released, and sometimes the pedal needs to be pulled up by hand to stop the emergency brake light from coming on. I have had both drums off the rear several times

binding-brakes won't retract, emergency brake is stuck, a brake shoe return spring may be broken. Raise the rear and take both drums off to compare left and right side brakes and all the parts therein

...wheels and back off the adjusters and free up the emergency to get the drums off. Once brake adjustment problems are eliminated to can work at figuring out if the rearend itself is broken/locked

emergency brake was on when the foot brake was used to stop a rearward-rolling vehicle, then this "self-adjusted" the rear brakes to be on all the time. To make matters worse, this makes the rear drum

...emergency brake I want to tighten my emergency brake on a 1994 pontiac sunbird LE to where when i pull it it comes to a full all out complete stop. how do i go about to tighting it? please help me ...

...hit brake drum with rubber mallet to see if this releases the shoes off the drum. Inspect emergency brake cable first to see that there is little tension holding it. let me know how you go.