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Stuck in position.

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by forestgreen99, Jan 31, 2011.

  1. Jan 31, 2011 at 4:48 AM
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    forestgreen99

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    Hey guys,

    Yesterday my brother and I went for a little off road up the poleline and through some pretty deep frozen bodies of water. Later that night when i pulled out of a friends driveway i seemed the the truck was stuck, just on bare driveway???? I gave it a little more gas and BANG it broke free. Same thing this morning when i went to move. quite a bit of resistance and bang shes free.

    Any ideas what may be going on?

    Forest
     
  2. Jan 31, 2011 at 5:17 AM
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    c.morris89

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    A little
    Brakes are probably frozen
     
  3. Jan 31, 2011 at 5:23 AM
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    98tacoma27

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  4. Jan 31, 2011 at 5:46 AM
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    brutalguyracing

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    thats funny cuz the same thing happened to one of the guys at the shoe creek meet.....
    rear bralkes froze tight then after some rocking broke free....
    strange......
     
  5. Jan 31, 2011 at 4:52 PM
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    shitroc

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    ive had that happen before, only once in the truck but a bunch of times on my bike.
     
  6. Jan 31, 2011 at 4:54 PM
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    Khaos

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  7. Jan 31, 2011 at 5:11 PM
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    BoostingMS6

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    I went to school in upstate New York my first year of college. The day I flew back home for X-Mas break, there was a major storm. My car was soaking wet when I parked in the airport's garage. Two weeks later, when I came back to single digit temps, my car wouldn't move. Finally I realized what it was, and took care of the issue. Frozen brakes.
     
  8. Feb 1, 2011 at 7:28 PM
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    MowTaco

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    My e-brake also sometimes freezes on. I don't think you've hurt anything.
     
  9. Feb 1, 2011 at 8:19 PM
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    rescuetaco526

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    Happened to my stock 98 the other day, took the E brake three days to thaw out after my little jaunt through the wilderness. and it popped like it was breaking something loose the first time it moved for the day afterward.
     

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