Brake Freeze?

[ShagginWagon]

So the leggy got a new trick over the weekend: When I fired it up and put it in gear, it refused to go anywhere. I applied the gas, and after a couple of seconds, something popped and I was good to go.

This happened a couple of times over the weekend, with the ebrake both on and off. The car is parked outside, so there was some snow drifting into the wheels.

I think the brake pads were freezing to the rotors, but I have no idea if this does any real damage. Does anyone have experience with this?

 

[Rightseat]

if you don't get clutch smoke breaking things free, you ain't hurtin nothin >

I think it's brake pads freezing to rotors, as opposed to e-brake freezing up (though such a thing is NOT unheard of). same thing happened to my rex wag 2x this past weekend

wouldn't be susprized if it was tires freezing into slush under the car, either

 

[Jimbo]

Yeah - I had the "tires freezing to slush" thing happen to me this AM. Especially given the sleet that nicely glazed everything that fell yesterday, I wasn't surprised. I think your brakes are fine.

 

[ShagginWagon]

Tire freeze! I thought of that, but everything just seemed so...stuck. That might have been it.

I definitely got clutch stink popping it loose. Should I care? Or is it so rare that there is no point worrying about it? Should I have the neighborhood dogs warm up my tires before trying to move it?

 

[Rightseat]

rephrased answear: "If you ain't got clutch smoke poppin it loose, it were't really froze in!"

your clutch just got a bit older, that's all.

 

[Lawdawg]

Happens to me quite often after a snowfall and snow gets in and around the wheels and calipers. Your brake rotors/calipers tend to be a little warm... and snow that is stuck around wheels and calipers melts and then refreezes, sometimes between the pads and rotor. This morning it took me a bit.

My tactic. Pop clutch and push it right back in to break the ice--shock it--ice is brittle. Pop it and then right back in--as opposed to slower release. This morning i actually did this in first, and then reverse and all four let go with a fairly loud crack...

 

[Tyler]

Since snow, this has happened every single time I've driven. Never had it happen before!