So off to do some camping before the weekend rush. First of the camping year issues but that's another story / forum.
Anyways, at the camp site, jumped into the TB, go to pull away to go to the store, vehicle moves about 3 feet and stops cold. Brake pedal wasn't being touched, neither was the park brake used. I could back up and I couldn't move forward more than a few feet.... rear left wheel lock. After much head scratching and checking, lifted both wheels off the ground, right spins by hand... great... don't hear anything unusual in the rear end. Left side won't budge... :-(
After some swearing at various bolts along with trying to pull the wheel hub, finally get the hub off and "plop", the park brake falls on the ground. There is something like a "horseshoe" like semi circle with two shoes... one had unbonded, I guess and was jamming into inner rim / hub and locking the wheel solidly.
Glad it didn't lockup while travelling down the road. I guess the real question to the story is... what holds this thing in place. I am use to seeing some sort of spring assembly in the "traditional shoe fashion" (at least on the ford EX I had). I saw no springs and I don't even see any bolts. The "activation level" is still attached to the cable but that it. I will likely have to take off the other side to see what up but was wondering if the group has any comments / directions especially on the parts needed to return the things to operational.
Anyways, at the camp site, jumped into the TB, go to pull away to go to the store, vehicle moves about 3 feet and stops cold. Brake pedal wasn't being touched, neither was the park brake used. I could back up and I couldn't move forward more than a few feet.... rear left wheel lock. After much head scratching and checking, lifted both wheels off the ground, right spins by hand... great... don't hear anything unusual in the rear end. Left side won't budge... :-(
After some swearing at various bolts along with trying to pull the wheel hub, finally get the hub off and "plop", the park brake falls on the ground. There is something like a "horseshoe" like semi circle with two shoes... one had unbonded, I guess and was jamming into inner rim / hub and locking the wheel solidly.
Glad it didn't lockup while travelling down the road. I guess the real question to the story is... what holds this thing in place. I am use to seeing some sort of spring assembly in the "traditional shoe fashion" (at least on the ford EX I had). I saw no springs and I don't even see any bolts. The "activation level" is still attached to the cable but that it. I will likely have to take off the other side to see what up but was wondering if the group has any comments / directions especially on the parts needed to return the things to operational.