[T3] Car won't move

C. Rochambeau crochambeau at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 08:33:46 PDT 2015


I have used one of those big dead blow rubber mallets to good effect with a
car that had an overnight parking brake induced shoes to drum rust weld.
Object is to transmit a shock wave to break the join between shoe & drum
(and avoid damage, obviously). I'd probably remove the wheel first if I
only had a metal hammer... Hope that helps!

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:26 AM, Craigs List <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I did have the parking brake set. I'll update everyone after work.
>
> Adam
> On Jun 18, 2015 10:24 AM, "C. Rochambeau" <crochambeau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Did you use the emergency brake on parking? If so, it might call for some
> > BFH action on the rear wheels.
> >
> > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Craigs List <
> craigslistcsprings at gmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Greg,
> > >
> > > Mine is a manual car, not auto. Thanks for the input though.
> > >
> > > Adam
> > > On Jun 18, 2015 8:12 AM, "Greg Merritt" <gregm at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I forget the exact symptoms, but on my AT I had a damaged shift
> > selection
> > > > input lever at the transmission -- the lever that the cable attaches
> to
> > > > could rotate a bit on the shaft it was meant to turn, instead of
> > turning
> > > > it, so it wouldn't release the park lock.  (Or something like this.)
> > > >
> > > > The workaround was to crawl under and manipulate the lever arm where
> > the
> > > > cable attaches; the fix was to replace the lever/shaft part.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck!
> > > >
> > > > -Greg
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Le jeudi 18 juin 2015, Craigs List <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com> a
> > > écrit
> > > > :
> > > >
> > > > > Woke this morning, a little late, and jumped in the squareback.
> Drive
> > > it
> > > > > home from work last night with no issues. Car started fine this
> > > morning.
> > > > > Put it in reverse and the car would not move. It would torque
> twist,
> > > but
> > > > it
> > > > > wouldn't move an inch.
> > > > >
> > > > > I looked under and at the tires. Nothing out of the ordinary. It
> did
> > > > rain a
> > > > > lot last night. So I put it in drive to pull forward, no luck. Same
> > > > torque
> > > > > twist and no movement.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm thinking stuck brake, but I wanted to get some ideas from
> anyone
> > > that
> > > > > might have had this happen to them. It is puzzling me seeing as I
> > > parked
> > > > > the car last night after driving with no issue. What do you guys
> > think?
> > > > >
> > > > > Adam
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