How to fix stuck or locked up brakes on trucks and trailers
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- Your brakes can get frozen to your brake drums at any time. If one of your brakes are not releasing here is how you can get them to release.
If you want to see how to test if your brakes are locked up or not, watch this short video: • Checking semi trailer ...
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I was stuck on the side of the road at 4am, No tow truck companies were able to tow my RV or weren't answering. This saved me BIG time. Thank you sooo much!
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I have issue with one break on truck. When breaking is bit sudden and stronger it gets stuck usually In middle of traffic, and by the time when we get out of traffic drum gets streamjng hot. What would you recommend how to solve this repeating issue.
Thank you very much, you just saved my day after spending over 2 hours trying to release my tractor breaks, it’s been parked for over a month, thanks and stay safe out there.
My Army convoy had to pull over about an hour ago because one of our trailer brakes locked up. After trying to fix it for about 30 minutes, googled and found your video. It worked and now everyone is back at home station. Thank you!
Thank you. Husband and I are stuck right now. Thanks to your video we might break free. ❤ 3:03
Man, you saved my day. Just imagine, Wyoming in the middle of nowhere and it’s cold like shit 6F outside and my brakes just blocked. I tried everything and then just find your video and it helps me so much !! Thank you. Stay safe up there!!
Thank you! My truck been parked for 2 month and drive axle breaks were locked so had to put wheel chocks then release breaks and hit the drums with hammer. Worked great thanks
Also to make any back trla Axle releases use the reverse method and release trla brake and back slowly and release trla Air ,if didn't release turn with back tires as circle that will give break good shake if still stock release trla tandoum lock and drive forward and backward to give trla back tire good shake that will safe you big time instead calling road service especially in cold weather
Thank you so much. Ima new driver and I can’t even express how clutch this was
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Wow thank you it worked on my drive tires on the first try
Bro thank you so much you saved me my weekend and my pay for the load🙏
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Thank you!!! Didn’t have my hammer on me but I still made it work!!! You’re a life saver
I've got disk brakes on my semi truck. The front drive axle is frozen stuck. On the side of the road. What can I do to get this one unstuck?
If your in snowy weather and stopped at the truck stop- Do you think it’s best to just set your truck brakes and not your trailer brakes so your trailer brakes doesn’t lock up or either way it can still lock up?
as a road side tech I'd say that works good to keep your trailer from locking up. If your truck has drums the same thing could happen although I see that less often. just keep a hammer and a drift punch of some sort and you can sort it out yourself every time.
Thankyou saved me a trip to the ole Petro shop
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So I beat the crap out of our Volvo tractor drum! (Not damaged!) Tire doesn't turn. Volvo has a shield guarding/hiding pads. So idk if break is locked or something else. Please help!
Thank you sooooo much, this was very helpful
If one wheel keeps jamming, get it checked out, it'll save a lot of heartache. But 3lb hammer and a few love taps will keep you rolling.
i mark the tire with a line at 12;00 then pull trailer a foot or so , go back and see the one that is still at 12;00 others will be bout 2 or 3;00 on right side and 10 or 9;00 on left side depending how far you pulled it , fyi
That is a great way to do it!
What causes the brakes to stick? They're getting red hot and smoking, I can't figure it out. And I've adjusted them way loose, they keep tightening up.
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Save me while I was working in the rain thank you for the great video
Rain will do it, glad it helped!
Such a life saver just used this on our rgn trailer. Thank you so much !!
Can’t tell you how often this happens to me!
Thank you habibi
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Thanks!!
Just applied it n it worked ..✌🏽✌🏽✌🏽
Thank you for sharing it just save my day
Life saver thank you man!
The first one is in tune the second one is flat, needs tuning.
Hello.
I parked my tractor for 8 days and looks like the tractor brake locked-up steering axle brake.
my tractor won't move.
by the way no frozen weather outside.
Great video. Really helped. Thanks
Thank you! This was a life saver
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Thank you because I didn't know what I was doing 😂
Mine trailer tires roll but when I'm going to a shop the all look up when I apply pressure to the brakes... what ya think this could be?
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Thanks sir
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just worked for me thanks
My chassi brakes lock after I step on the brake pedal. Any tips on why or how this is happening?
I feel is something wrong with the truck causing this but no clue what it could be.
While you are driving and hit the brake pedal they will lock up and stay locked up? Or they are slow to release?
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This started happening on one of my drives. It broke free but it's happened twice now in a week. What do I need to replace to fix this so it stops happening?
Has it been raining a lot lately?
@@DDTruckDriver yeah it has
@@truckercarlson9081 So we see this pretty often when it rains. If it rains and then dries it creates rust on the fresh metal of the drums and that’s when we see this happen a lot. The other instance we see it happens is when you’re running in weather that’s freezing because the brakes get hot and get wet but then when you stop for the night if you set your brakes the water cools off and freezes to your drums.
If this is happening regularly and it’s not raining then something is up but if it’s been raining off and on it could just be some rust and the best way to stop it on your trailers is to not set your trailer brakes at night
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Thanks it worked
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"Smack it, you can't hurt your drum".. Now, whilst just trying to free up a stuck brake, I might agree with you. However, I have actually cracked drums before trying to get them off trucks. Mostly with severely worn brakes that let the S cam over rotate and completely lock everything to shit. In these cases even trying to back the slack adjusters off, or even completely removing them sometimes isn't enough. I love the auction shit my company brings in.. LOL
Then what's your approach to the problem
I've had my drives cam over but luckily I was in the parking lot
@@ounautic1914replace the brakes
Holy shyt it worked!!!!
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It worked. Thank you
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If you're driving can you tell if one is locked up
Not vid I'm looking for but thx
Mine keeps locking up while driving they lock up and release I can see it on the mirror 😭
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my trailer tires don’t lock up and they roll down, but what I noticed is that when trailer is empty and coming to a stop or I tap the brakes, trailers tires shakes and making noise like they’re locked up.
NB: its not a hard brake and I tried this even when moving at 15mph just to confirm. Any idea of what’s going on?
What you have described sounds just like a brake locking up. If it is just one brake it would be hard to see or even feel. Are you getting any flat spot tires?
@@DDTruckDriver how can we fix this
@@hhbhhhhbhhh7523 Fix your brakes locking up? By doing what it says in the video. But are you talking about something else?
My understanding is that if you don't have the weight of a load the tires don't have the necessary contact pressure on the road and it doesn't take much brake application to lock them up.
Sounds like a brake is adjusted more tightly than the others
Very helpful! What causes this issue? Is it dirt and brake dust interfering with the return pivot? Sitting too long and rusty?
Usually freezing temps and/or moisture getting into the air lines
@@wukilla8ee I live in Arizona, so I don't have much of either freezing or water. I wonder what it could be.
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What about the tractor brakes with with a dust cover on it I happen to have it happened this winter nobody could tell me how to do it, it’s not something they taught me in school
Well that is a tough one, now I am guessing if you have a dust cover then you have disc brakes and not drum brakes? If you have disk brakes I suppose you could tap on the rotor very carefully to try and achieve the same results. But I would be worried about damaging the rotor. I have never once had my disc brakes lock up on me though so I haven't had the chance to try it on discs.
i have stuck brakes on the drum & i hit them with large heavy hammer still locked up didn't work
well it could be that you have more than brakes stuck to the drum. You could have a frozen air line, a bad air valve, or bad brake can. If it is below freezing my first thought wold be frozen air lines.
Sure you have a 4 lb hammer... I remember mines were all locked up except one of them and I was pulling doubles lol... IT sucked... But yeah that's exactly what you want to hear when they're unlocked is the hollow noise..
Will a torch work ?
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What if mine is doing the opposite? When I pull the trailer brakes, the tire still rolls. The brakes isn’t locking.
All of your brakes are not setting or just one? This could be multiple problems. A brake severely out of adjustment could cause this but it is unlikely that all your brakes are out of adjustment that badly. A defective brake valve could be stopping the air from releasing out of the brake cans. Would have to know more info to diagnose that one
@@DDTruckDriver Yeah I think the air isn’t releasing because when my brother pulls the trailer brakes, I don’t hear the air release… only after sooooo long of playing with it, I’ll hear it release.
@OneHonestCritic did you ever find out the problem.
Anyone with ATRO Mexican trailer! 2 year old trailer and we had to fix this things brakes 6 times
You mean they get stuck like this a lot? This is a pretty common issue so I wouldn't be surprised if you are running into it multiple times in a year.
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I’ve done this with a vice grip and it works. I wonder if it would work with a big zip tie…
what causes this issue?
Mostly water that dries up and leaves rust behind and the rust sticks the brakes to the drum. It also happens in the winter when the brakes are hot and snow melts into water on the brakes. But then when you park the water freezes and ices up the brakes to the drum.
I remade I couldn’t get mine to break free I sprayed WD-40 hit with hammer boom released
I’m a young farmer been driving trucks on the family farm for a long time.. my father passed almost 3 years ago and I been renting all his old ground for my mother, over the years I been needing to buy write offs and I bought a new to me MACK and a 3 axle hopper and one of the tag wheels is locked up. Diagnosing these problems without much experience is hard and thank god for CZcams.. I haven’t even tried this yet but I know I’ll have that wheel freed up tomorrow, being it s the tag wheels imma break the law and spray wD-40 all over that fucker than slam the shit outta it
Now if I could figure the break lights out
This worked on my honda civik💀💀
What if it's locked up because of rust
This is the solution for that. Most the time they lock up because of water, which causes the smallest amount of rust on that fresh steel drum.
Hardly any space on my trailer to hit the drum
Yes we have trailers like that, depending on your suspension it can be hard to get to, sometimes you have to be creative or squeeze in somewhere to reach a spot where you can do a half way decent swing
Please be careful! If you don’t want to pay a professional like me at least have someone seating in the truck just in case!
My new rear drum was smoking and crazy hot. Was able to break the lug nuts free while the tire was jacked(frozen frozen). Smacked the fuck out of her at 1am cuz manz gotta do ehat a mans gotta go and Ba Bam, spins again. Prais be the good lord. Give smackin a chance
Yo thank you so much. I am an owner operator can you save me so much time and money
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I love, as I'm doing this, pieces of debris are just flying everywhere.
But hey, it worked!
Some of those drums get some rust and corrosion built up don't they!
unless its froze stuck from freezing weather you have more trouble than just hitting it with a hammer.
Well to be honest I most often use this when it is summer time and it rains and then the brakes get stuck to the drums with rust. I certainly have had to use it in winter time to, but you can avoid that by not setting your brakes and letting them cool first. Drum brakes are weird and then can get stuck just about anytime of the year.
@@asphalttarmasters6735 anytime a trailer sets that long to stick it needs to be checked out first. i have drove trucks from 1985 until 2009 and been a owner operator for most of that. and NEVER had a brake stick other than froze to it that didn't need repaired.
@@MadsWorld34 Everyone's experience can be different but rust is usually our worst enemy here. Either way, this is how you get them broke free. You can't pull it in the shop if it won't roll :).
Fuck my trailer brakes don’t look like that
Thank you sir. Just got me out of a jam
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2:18 Speaking of cracked pad...
Haha well when you are making videos with equipment that is running everyday you get a very "real" perspective of how things wear and tear and brake.
@@DDTruckDriver just pointing out the irony……should have made an example of him. Watch out for 🐻
Worst advice ever when saying "you can't hurt your drum" as you ABSOLUTELY can....especially with a 3 lb maul. Dude stop.
Haha, well every time I tell someone to hit the drum they tap it with a little nail hammer like they are hitting in a tiny penny nail. No one gets their brakes broken free by doing that. Of course it is possible to hurt your drum. But, have you ever seen a trailer mechanic do your brakes? Have you seen what they use to get the drum off it it is stuck to the hub? 10 lb sledge hammer with a full swing. So, as a former trailer mechanic myself, no you won't hurt your drum when laying down under your trailer trying to brake your brakes free. As this video is meant to provide you information on how to get your brakes free, my advice is to give it a good whack. Unless you are Barry Bonds you won't be able to get a big enough swing to do any damage.
Let me add a clarifying comment to that reply. I typically only think about drums as being centrifuse drums because that is all we have in our fleet. If you have cast drums you are correct you can crack those with a hammer.
just spray WD-40 on all of your breaks. It wont lock up or stop any more. LOL
Not funny coz someone will think actually that's a good idea
My company never explains anything. Been working there for years. They'll fix it and go back inside to bad mouth how stupid you must be for not knowing that. Just fall out the womb knowing everything and act like you're stupid. They wouldn't even need to put on their coat to go outside in the cold, if they would just explain what you just explained. Thanks 👍🏻 for the video.
just plain wrong do not follow these instructions there are other possible problems..
You are life saver brother, in -15 temperature 🌡 it worked, thank you so much and God bless you 🙏