Hand break locked up: d while disengaged

[sk47]

used the engine to break it loose, it literally broke loose - it broke one of the pads in half.

Hello; I have suspected this could happen. When a rusted pad breaks loose it is sometimes violent.

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[hellohello123]

Hello; There needs to be a bit of judgment calls. To keep the cables and other moving parts of a traditional handbrake/parking brake from rusting solid the system need to be operated often. This movement breaks up the rust. So there are not hard & fast rules. Drive a car every day & use the handbrake every time then I doubt it will ever seize up with rust.
Park a car for long periods with the handbrake on can wind up with the pads sticking to the rotors.
Perhaps the worst scenario is when a parking brake is rarely to never used. Then after months or years someone decides to apply that handbrake. Over the long time the cables tend to rust up a lot. Unfortunately, not always enough to rust up the cable solid. Often the hand lever can have enough leverage to pull the cable enough to apply the brake. But when the hand lever is released, the rust is enough to hold the parking brake on. Then you have a problem difficult to fix. I have known of folks driving with one or even two of the rear parking brakes still on. Brakes get very hot.

Over time manufacturers have improved the cables. Some have lined the cables with plastic and maybe even Teflon. Think motorcycle or bicycle cables.

I washed my car today and remebebered the time befor emy hand break locked. I did wash the car using a pressure washer only and then moved the car indoors.
So the rusting of the pads is even more likely.

Today i washed my car, and parked the car in my garage hand break down but in gear!

 

[hellohello123]

Update: i think you guys were 100% correct

A couple of days ago i rinsed my car with pressure washer to remove dust.
Moved the car into garage. Three days later it half locked. But it quickly disengaged when i moved the car

Never happened to me and any other branded car befoee in my life

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