Seized wheel on '05 Renault Clio

MattKane

Rear passenger wheel, left hand side has completely seized. I suspect it's a problem with the brake drum. Any idea how much to have it fixed?

The Nutty M

Had the same problem with a 98 astra once,lining had come off the brake shoe.40euro for a set of brake shoes.Took less than half an hour to put them in.

MattKane

The Nutty M wrote: »

Had the same problem with a 98 astra once,lining had come off the brake shoe.40euro for a set of brake shoes.Took less than half an hour to put them in.

Could I inspect it myself or best to get it towed from the house into the garage? Someone else said give the drum a whack with the hammer.

KamiKazi

Try rocking the car back and forth, might free up it and save you the cost of a tow truck.

dirtydiesel

MattKane wrote: »

Could I inspect it myself or best to get it towed from the house into the garage? Someone else said give the drum a whack with the hammer.

Has the car been parked up a whilw? if so just put the car in reverse jerk it and put it in first and it should free the wheel, if not tap the wheel with a hammer.

Andrew33

MattKane wrote: »

Rear passenger wheel, left hand side has completely seized. I suspect it's a problem with the brake drum. Any idea how much to have it fixed?

I had a Renault 5 once which did this, it took a mechanic 3 hours to get drum off as shoe had jammed against it. Get it sorted properly, imagine the consequences of this happening while you're driving.

BrianD3

Don't whack the drum with a normal hammer. You could put a piece of wood between the hammer and the drum and tap it - but I doubt that will do any good. What has probably happened is the friction material has come off the metal part of the shoe and is jamming the drum - as opposed to the friction material binding to the drum due to lack of use.

Trying to unstick it by driving the car forward and backward might work but then again it might cause damage to the wheel cylinder

Do you know anyone who could help you take the hub nut and drum off? They'd need a decent bar and the right sized socket, probably 32 mm.

MattKane

Thanks for your advice on this lads. Taking your comments into consideration, I'll try it again in the morning and if no luck will call on a mechanic. Hopefully they can fix it without having to tow it.

I'm not the most mechanically gifted person, so best bite the bullet and get it done properly.

Cheers,

M

MattKane

Weyhey, fixed it myself. But brought it to the garage to get the once over and it's stung me 70 euro unfortunately. They are replacing the shaft within the brake itself. At least I didn't need to get it towed. I just took the wheel off and gave it a whack with the hammer. Didn't use wood to soften the blow, but turned out OK.

BrianD3

70 euro and no tow needed is a good result