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1. Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: Matthew Cox <oscilloscope500@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 22:24:43 -0700 (PDT); Hey everybody! I was trying to move my parts car from my friend's yard (nice friend!) and the front left wheel is frozen and dragging, making it impossible to get it up on the dolly. This tire turned; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00308.html (7,509 bytes)
2. Re: Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: racery@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 05:46:15 +0000; 98% chance it's the caliper wedge a screwdriver under the pads, and lever them away from the rotor. Off you go. 2% chance it's garden gnomes gone bad. Run away. Far, far away. t; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00309.html (7,320 bytes)
3. Re: Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: Matthew Cox <oscilloscope500@yahoo.com>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:02:22 -0700 (PDT); My first thought was a seized caliper, but since the brakes are completely non-functional (car has sat for a LONG time, brake pedal goes to the floor, etc etc) it didn't seem to make sense. Why would; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00311.html (7,633 bytes)
4. Re: Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: John F Sandhoff <sandhoff@csus.edu>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 00:50:42 -0700 (PDT); The brake pad itself has welded itself to the rotor. You will at the least have to remove the retaining clip and (using some sort of rod) hammer the pad out. It'll be stuck pretty good and I wouldn'; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00315.html (7,636 bytes)
5. Re: Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: "Fred Schroeder" <roadster@schroeder-family.us>; Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 19:33:05 -0500; Standard disk brakes do not retract but simply release the hydraulic pressure. The ones on the roadster are copies of Dunlop racing brakes and actually do retract a fraction of an inch but these are; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00320.html (8,103 bytes)
6. Re: Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: racerY@comcast.net; Date: Sat, 23 Apr 2005 05:15:28 +0000; many calipers are designed so that the seals will retract the pistons a slight amount, then hold them close to the disc. The Dunlop design doesn't do this, and thus the 'postie' thingus (and its mat; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00331.html (7,387 bytes)
7. Re: Frozen Wheel! (score: 1): Author: Matthew Cox <oscilloscope500@yahoo.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 00:16:13 -0700 (PDT); Thanks for the tips on this, everyone... It was indeed the calipers rusted to the rotors. I couldn't pull the pads back, so I removed whatever that part is called that has the pistons with pads conne; /html/datsun-roadsters/2005-04/msg00348.html (7,813 bytes)

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