Fix BT 50 brakes URGENT!

[Musselcracker]

Hi there guys

I almost feel guilty posting this here, it feels as if I am cheating on Gertie my hilux!

Anyways at work we have a mazda bt 50 that we use for towing a boats up to Sodwana and spends a lot of time cruising the freeway then working hard in low range trailering boats and in the sand!

After this last trip back I have noticed that in the mornings the back left brake has locked into the drum (well thats how it feels) and I have to put it in low range and rock it back and forth to get it unstuck and free! Once it is free, it is fine for the entire days driving....

There is no time to book this car in and get it look at as it has to leave on Saturday again! Has anyone had a simliar problem and how did you fix it? Has any one got a brake drawing so if I pull the brake apart i can hopefully get it back together!

Here is hoping the hilux guys are way more superior and techno savy than the excuse for a mazda forum!

Chris

[CasKru]

I'm guessing that drum release mechanism is not working properly anymore. Have you opened the drum at all? Could be rust. I would open it up, take a picture of how everything fits, take it apart, clean, put some copper compound on the contact patches (the part where the shoes rub against the back plate) and refit.

[jacques kotze]

I had experience much the same with my Lux. But usually it happens when you drive in deep water or launch a boat in your case. It only happen once or twice with me. I didn't do anything to it. It "fixed itself" I don't think it is much to worry about. . .I think