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I finally got the Haflinger out of the shed after 3 months of every time I decided to take it out for a test run the heaven would open and it would p**s down. Thats the problem with living in the tropics in rainy season. I havent got a canvas made yet so Im a fair weather driver. The battery was flat, but with an overnight charge it started first time. I put it in reverse gear and it would not move back wards so I tried moving forward, same thing. I jacked the rear wheels up and both wheels were locked,( I had left it parked up with the hand brake off) but after about 10 seconds of moving the drivers side rear wheel back and forward it released it self. I drove it up and down the street a couple of times and on a bit of spare ground next to the house. it ran ok till I started to reverse , so I could put it back in the shed, the passenger side rear wheel (RHD) locked up???. I moved forward about a metre and it freed it self up allowing me to park it up again. any suggestions as to what the problem could be ? binding brake shoes ??

Dave

Sounds like the brake lining has detached itself from the brake shoe.

First thing would be to get that side hub off to have a look.

John

The rubber brake hoses swell up and block up causing brakes to lock on

I tend to agree it is a brake thing - very possibly de lamination of the inside of the runner brake hoses.

However - I did have something similar happen a few years back. Where my wheels were locking - turned out to be stripped hub gears that were locking and causing the hubs to look.

See here viewtopic.php?f=5&t=3291

Now it is unlikely to be this but if you have recently changed your hub gears have a look at this cause.

Thanks for the suggestions, I haven't had time to check the problem due to house renovations, but please keep the suggestions coming so when I do get round to it I will have lots of things to check.

Dave