Sticky Brakes?

[danos]

Howdy ya'll

Something strange is happening to my 98 d/c lux and I am trying to pin point the cause.

The problem happens after going through some water (enough to submerse the wheels) and parking the car for a few days. Every now and then when I start it and go to take off it wont budge. It seems like the brakes have seized or something because it take a bit of rocking in between 1st and reverse before a loud clunk signals im free to go.

Im pretty sure it only happens with the handbrake on so i'm thinking it must be the rear drums??? Is this a normal thing for drum brakes? I'm going to pop them open on the weekend and have a look but thought I would see if anyone else has experienced this before and knows how to fix it.

Thanks
Dane

[plowy]

yeah its is a standard thing for wet drum brakes to lock up when the handbrake is applied for a period of time

after a water crossing you should work the brake pedal a few times before tearing off into the bush again

[Sic Lux]

Don't hurt to wash them out when you get home either as sand and shit will just be like a coarse sand paper on the drum surface mate one after a year of not cleaning them had around a 3mm lip on the drum which makes drum removal a bitch

[dow50r]

You need to pull the drums off and clean it all out...lube up things....might be your handbrake cable aswell....

[plowy]

certainly do as sic lux suggested but make sure the shoes are dry or you will have the brakes lock up again with rust ,

if you have a air compressor blow the shoes dry beffore fitting the drum

and becarefull how much lube you do apply to much will/can [ie; never sieze / grease ] melt and get onto your linings

it is best not to lube brake parts as it collects dust n grit
but it is up to you

[Sic Lux]

Yeah i normal give them a good drive after i do it and only use small amounts of anti sezie and wipe any execess off to stop in collecting crap as you said