How to unlock frozen brakes
How to Fix A Frozen Drum Brake - K&J Trucking
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Hi, my name is Lou Schrett, I've been a maintenance manager for K&J and I've been here for 13
years.
I'm going to demonstrate today where I want our drivers to hit the brake shoe or the brake
drum when they have a frozen brake from either parking or just old Mother Nature freezing
and making it cold for us.
Alright, so we have a frozen brake drum on the trailer, the tractor brakes are set so
when we get this drum broken loose the tractor won't roll away or roll over us.
This is a 4-pound hammer, a 2-pound hammer will work, but in this case bigger is a little
better.
Here is your shoe, here is your drum.
You strike the drum with a couple of good blows.
And the brake will make a different noise when it is broke loose.
And in this case it did change.
We will go back in the tractor now and see if it rolls.
