Montana

Just yesterday we got hit with 9 inches of snow and wind chill of -20, apparently my truck didn't like it. I was moving my truck to plow the snow underneath but I noticed that the parking brake didn't contract as it usually would. It also wouldn't pull back out with resistance. It all seemed to be very loose. It also seemed that the brake is staying on, my drive way is an incline and when out of gear it should roll back, which it does not. Is it possible that my Drum has contracted so much onto the pads that it won't release? Or has my cable snapped? It will drive but I will only drive it so far, I parked it into the garage last night to see if warm up things but it is not looking too hopeful. I looked under neath and at the 'adjuster' it has about an inch of slack

RJR

Dunno where my last post went on this. I'll try again.

The most likely thing is that your e-brake cable/mechanism collected ice back by the rear wheels and won't release. If your garage is above freezing, it should melt out in a few hours and work again.

BTW, wind chill numbers, while impressive to the TV weather folks, only really apply to exposed skin. They are pretty much irrelevant to mechanical equipment and don't have much to do with whether your brakes freeze up or not. Your pickup cares about the actual air temperature that you read on your outdoor thermometer.

Montana

I have a heater in my garage pointed at my drums right now, I knocked off all the ice that I could see, yesterday. My garage should be above freezing based off the snow on top of my truck has melted.

scope103

And how come we never hear about wind chill in the summer time? "It's 104° in the shade, but don't worry, with wind chill it's a balmy 77°."