2005 Chevrolet Cobalt "fix frozen drum brakes" Questions

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...fix it? If you have steel wheels I would remove the plastic hub cap and hit the wheel close to the center without hitting the lugs with a sledge hamer a few times to release the rusted bond.You may ...

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the rear brake drums on my 1990 buick lesabre are frozen, how do i go about fixing this problem? Can you get the drums off? A six pound hammer will move it. Hit it where the shoes make contact to ...

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fix for vehicles with drum brakes only. jack the vehicle on the side that has "frozen". place a jack stand under a sturdy part near area to be worked on. Remove lugnuts and wheel and set aside. find a

...fix them. You regular brakes will still work fine. The easiest thing I would recommend is to replace the brake components, The emergency brake cables and the back brakes. I would get brake cleaner or ...

...frozen. probably need to make sure that anything isnt binding after you you disassemble the brakes. they do drag a little bit normally but the brake wear should be very slow for rear brakes. calipers ...

...fix the right one , I removed the brake pads and checked the calipers, but the left wheel it doesn't spin still, is just dragging on the driveway.What else could be , do I need to remove the disc ? ...

...fix this problem.. If I go to high speed the car is jerk at the moment when I brake sounds like possible broken caliper, xheck by jacking up the front of the car just high enough to get the two front ...

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...drum brakes) you have to properly adjust the brakes. When you took them apart there would have been a part approx 2-3 inches in length with a star gear on it, you need to turn that star gear to make ...

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...fix it. Same wheel, same year, make and model. It happened Jan 21, 2010. Ours is a standard transmission. Wonder if Chevrolet will be making a recall soon?! It is happening to me right now, didn't ...

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...frozen parking brake. Vehicle has been parked under a carport, sitting for 7 weeks during much rainy weather. We are stationed in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, have a few tools and WD-40. Is there a fix that ...

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