Drum not releasing and locking up

[treegump]

What would cause 1 drum from locking up when braking, and not releasing the next morning (w/o compressing the e-brake). Or, when the e-brake is engaged, to prevent it from releasing. As far as I know, its just the one wheel.

I'm planning on pulling the drum off today and replacing the cylinder, hardware (if needed), and take an assessment of the drums.

 

[Mad Maxx]

I'd say Rust and or Corrosion.

 

[btfarm]

Do both sides. Take them apart, clean all the hadware, lube (white waterproof grease) the pivots/starwheel/etc and reassemble. That usually solves the problem. Could be a bad wheel cyl too but try the clean & lube first.

 

[treegump]

Replaced my rotors, calipers, and pads in the front, and shoes, springs, and driver's side cylinder - all yesterday. I'm sure glad I put anti-seize on my wheel bearings because they slid right out after the bolts were removed from my front knuckles. Bad thing is - got the brakes bled at 12am, test drive at 1am, pinhole leak in main line at 1:30am, drove my g/f's car to work today. Sucks. (I was hitting my brakes hard when road testing it, seeing as I have a 30 mile commute on an interstate going through construction now.) (by the way, my shoes were both cracked in back - and the e-brake was sticking on the driver's side)