I was stuck on the side of the road at 4am, No tow truck companies were able to tow my RV or weren't answering. This saved me BIG time. Thank you sooo much!

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

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@joelsmith7078

Жыл бұрын

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@paramedicineman89

Ай бұрын

And you saved a sh*tload of money too! Cool beans.

Thank you very much, you just saved my day after spending over 2 hours trying to release my tractor breaks, it’s been parked for over a month, thanks and stay safe out there.

Man, you saved my day. Just imagine, Wyoming in the middle of nowhere and it’s cold like shit 6F outside and my brakes just blocked. I tried everything and then just find your video and it helps me so much !! Thank you. Stay safe up there!!

Thank you! My truck been parked for 2 month and drive axle breaks were locked so had to put wheel chocks then release breaks and hit the drums with hammer. Worked great thanks

Thank you. Husband and I are stuck right now. Thanks to your video we might break free. ❤ 3:03

Thank you so much. Ima new driver and I can’t even express how clutch this was

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Save me while I was working in the rain thank you for the great video

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

Rain will do it, glad it helped!

Thank you! This was a life saver

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2 жыл бұрын

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Great video. Thank you for the help brother.

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2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you!!! Didn’t have my hammer on me but I still made it work!!! You’re a life saver

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Great video. Really helped. Thanks

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Such a life saver just used this on our rgn trailer. Thank you so much !!

Also to make any back trla Axle releases use the reverse method and release trla brake and back slowly and release trla Air ,if didn't release turn with back tires as circle that will give break good shake if still stock release trla tandoum lock and drive forward and backward to give trla back tire good shake that will safe you big time instead calling road service especially in cold weather

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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2 жыл бұрын

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Thank you because I didn't know what I was doing 😂

Can’t tell you how often this happens to me!

Thanks it worked

Not vid I'm looking for but thx

Thanks sir

@DDTruckDriver

Ай бұрын

All the best

THANK YOU SMMM

Worked❤

If one wheel keeps jamming, get it checked out, it'll save a lot of heartache. But 3lb hammer and a few love taps will keep you rolling.

I've got disk brakes on my semi truck. The front drive axle is frozen stuck. On the side of the road. What can I do to get this one unstuck?

Holy shyt it worked!!!!

i mark the tire with a line at 12;00 then pull trailer a foot or so , go back and see the one that is still at 12;00 others will be bout 2 or 3;00 on right side and 10 or 9;00 on left side depending how far you pulled it , fyi

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

That is a great way to do it!

Mine trailer tires roll but when I'm going to a shop the all look up when I apply pressure to the brakes... what ya think this could be?

If your in snowy weather and stopped at the truck stop- Do you think it’s best to just set your truck brakes and not your trailer brakes so your trailer brakes doesn’t lock up or either way it can still lock up?

@Shouk02

2 ай бұрын

as a road side tech I'd say that works good to keep your trailer from locking up. If your truck has drums the same thing could happen although I see that less often. just keep a hammer and a drift punch of some sort and you can sort it out yourself every time.

So I beat the crap out of our Volvo tractor drum! (Not damaged!) Tire doesn't turn. Volvo has a shield guarding/hiding pads. So idk if break is locked or something else. Please help!

Will a torch work ?

Hello. I parked my tractor for 8 days and looks like the tractor brake locked-up steering axle brake. my tractor won't move. by the way no frozen weather outside.

"Smack it, you can't hurt your drum".. Now, whilst just trying to free up a stuck brake, I might agree with you. However, I have actually cracked drums before trying to get them off trucks. Mostly with severely worn brakes that let the S cam over rotate and completely lock everything to shit. In these cases even trying to back the slack adjusters off, or even completely removing them sometimes isn't enough. I love the auction shit my company brings in.. LOL

@ounautic1914

2 жыл бұрын

Then what's your approach to the problem

@ussenterp65

5 ай бұрын

I've had my drives cam over but luckily I was in the parking lot

@ussenterp65

5 ай бұрын

​@@ounautic1914replace the brakes

Very helpful! What causes this issue? Is it dirt and brake dust interfering with the return pivot? Sitting too long and rusty?

@wukilla8ee

5 ай бұрын

Usually freezing temps and/or moisture getting into the air lines

@ward26102

5 ай бұрын

@@wukilla8ee I live in Arizona, so I don't have much of either freezing or water. I wonder what it could be.

Sure you have a 4 lb hammer... I remember mines were all locked up except one of them and I was pulling doubles lol... IT sucked... But yeah that's exactly what you want to hear when they're unlocked is the hollow noise..

My chassi brakes lock after I step on the brake pedal. Any tips on why or how this is happening? I feel is something wrong with the truck causing this but no clue what it could be.

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

While you are driving and hit the brake pedal they will lock up and stay locked up? Or they are slow to release?

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If you're driving can you tell if one is locked up

Estwing hammer best small Sledgehammer , Made in the USA !

The first one is in tune the second one is flat, needs tuning.

This started happening on one of my drives. It broke free but it's happened twice now in a week. What do I need to replace to fix this so it stops happening?

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

Has it been raining a lot lately?

@truckercarlson9081

Жыл бұрын

@@DDTruckDriver yeah it has

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

@@truckercarlson9081 So we see this pretty often when it rains. If it rains and then dries it creates rust on the fresh metal of the drums and that’s when we see this happen a lot. The other instance we see it happens is when you’re running in weather that’s freezing because the brakes get hot and get wet but then when you stop for the night if you set your brakes the water cools off and freezes to your drums. If this is happening regularly and it’s not raining then something is up but if it’s been raining off and on it could just be some rust and the best way to stop it on your trailers is to not set your trailer brakes at night

my trailer tires don’t lock up and they roll down, but what I noticed is that when trailer is empty and coming to a stop or I tap the brakes, trailers tires shakes and making noise like they’re locked up. NB: its not a hard brake and I tried this even when moving at 15mph just to confirm. Any idea of what’s going on?

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

What you have described sounds just like a brake locking up. If it is just one brake it would be hard to see or even feel. Are you getting any flat spot tires?

@hhbhhhhbhhh7523

2 жыл бұрын

@@DDTruckDriver how can we fix this

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

@@hhbhhhhbhhh7523 Fix your brakes locking up? By doing what it says in the video. But are you talking about something else?

@mikesmith379

2 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that if you don't have the weight of a load the tires don't have the necessary contact pressure on the road and it doesn't take much brake application to lock them up.

@tamipotirala6973

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a brake is adjusted more tightly than the others

This worked on my honda civik💀💀

What about the tractor brakes with with a dust cover on it I happen to have it happened this winter nobody could tell me how to do it, it’s not something they taught me in school

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

Well that is a tough one, now I am guessing if you have a dust cover then you have disc brakes and not drum brakes? If you have disk brakes I suppose you could tap on the rotor very carefully to try and achieve the same results. But I would be worried about damaging the rotor. I have never once had my disc brakes lock up on me though so I haven't had the chance to try it on discs.

Mine keeps locking up while driving they lock up and release I can see it on the mirror 😭

I’ve done this with a vice grip and it works. I wonder if it would work with a big zip tie…

What if mine is doing the opposite? When I pull the trailer brakes, the tire still rolls. The brakes isn’t locking.

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

All of your brakes are not setting or just one? This could be multiple problems. A brake severely out of adjustment could cause this but it is unlikely that all your brakes are out of adjustment that badly. A defective brake valve could be stopping the air from releasing out of the brake cans. Would have to know more info to diagnose that one

@OneHonestCritic

2 жыл бұрын

@@DDTruckDriver Yeah I think the air isn’t releasing because when my brother pulls the trailer brakes, I don’t hear the air release… only after sooooo long of playing with it, I’ll hear it release.

@real-nt9qy

Жыл бұрын

@OneHonestCritic did you ever find out the problem.

Thank you sir. Just got me out of a jam

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect, subscribe for more videos that get you out of jams :)

I’m a young farmer been driving trucks on the family farm for a long time.. my father passed almost 3 years ago and I been renting all his old ground for my mother, over the years I been needing to buy write offs and I bought a new to me MACK and a 3 axle hopper and one of the tag wheels is locked up. Diagnosing these problems without much experience is hard and thank god for KZread.. I haven’t even tried this yet but I know I’ll have that wheel freed up tomorrow, being it s the tag wheels imma break the law and spray wD-40 all over that fucker than slam the shit outta it

@conradkildow6952

Жыл бұрын

Now if I could figure the break lights out

Anyone with ATRO Mexican trailer! 2 year old trailer and we had to fix this things brakes 6 times

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

You mean they get stuck like this a lot? This is a pretty common issue so I wouldn't be surprised if you are running into it multiple times in a year.

Please be careful! If you don’t want to pay a professional like me at least have someone seating in the truck just in case!

what causes this issue?

@asphalttarmasters6735

Жыл бұрын

Mostly water that dries up and leaves rust behind and the rust sticks the brakes to the drum. It also happens in the winter when the brakes are hot and snow melts into water on the brakes. But then when you park the water freezes and ices up the brakes to the drum.

I love, as I'm doing this, pieces of debris are just flying everywhere. But hey, it worked!

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

Some of those drums get some rust and corrosion built up don't they!

Hardly any space on my trailer to hit the drum

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

Yes we have trailers like that, depending on your suspension it can be hard to get to, sometimes you have to be creative or squeeze in somewhere to reach a spot where you can do a half way decent swing

i have stuck brakes on the drum & i hit them with large heavy hammer still locked up didn't work

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

well it could be that you have more than brakes stuck to the drum. You could have a frozen air line, a bad air valve, or bad brake can. If it is below freezing my first thought wold be frozen air lines.

Yo thank you so much. I am an owner operator can you save me so much time and money

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2 жыл бұрын

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My new rear drum was smoking and crazy hot. Was able to break the lug nuts free while the tire was jacked(frozen frozen). Smacked the fuck out of her at 1am cuz manz gotta do ehat a mans gotta go and Ba Bam, spins again. Prais be the good lord. Give smackin a chance

What if it's locked up because of rust

@DDTruckDriver

Жыл бұрын

This is the solution for that. Most the time they lock up because of water, which causes the smallest amount of rust on that fresh steel drum.

unless its froze stuck from freezing weather you have more trouble than just hitting it with a hammer.

@asphalttarmasters6735

2 жыл бұрын

Well to be honest I most often use this when it is summer time and it rains and then the brakes get stuck to the drums with rust. I certainly have had to use it in winter time to, but you can avoid that by not setting your brakes and letting them cool first. Drum brakes are weird and then can get stuck just about anytime of the year.

@MadsWorld34

2 жыл бұрын

@@asphalttarmasters6735 anytime a trailer sets that long to stick it needs to be checked out first. i have drove trucks from 1985 until 2009 and been a owner operator for most of that. and NEVER had a brake stick other than froze to it that didn't need repaired.

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

@@MadsWorld34 Everyone's experience can be different but rust is usually our worst enemy here. Either way, this is how you get them broke free. You can't pull it in the shop if it won't roll :).

2:18 Speaking of cracked pad...

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

Haha well when you are making videos with equipment that is running everyday you get a very "real" perspective of how things wear and tear and brake.

@williamskrainski8407

2 жыл бұрын

@@DDTruckDriver just pointing out the irony……should have made an example of him. Watch out for 🐻

I remade I couldn’t get mine to break free I sprayed WD-40 hit with hammer boom released

Fuck my trailer brakes don’t look like that

Worst advice ever when saying "you can't hurt your drum" as you ABSOLUTELY can....especially with a 3 lb maul. Dude stop.

@skylerdroubay8209

2 жыл бұрын

Haha, well every time I tell someone to hit the drum they tap it with a little nail hammer like they are hitting in a tiny penny nail. No one gets their brakes broken free by doing that. Of course it is possible to hurt your drum. But, have you ever seen a trailer mechanic do your brakes? Have you seen what they use to get the drum off it it is stuck to the hub? 10 lb sledge hammer with a full swing. So, as a former trailer mechanic myself, no you won't hurt your drum when laying down under your trailer trying to brake your brakes free. As this video is meant to provide you information on how to get your brakes free, my advice is to give it a good whack. Unless you are Barry Bonds you won't be able to get a big enough swing to do any damage.

@DDTruckDriver

2 жыл бұрын

Let me add a clarifying comment to that reply. I typically only think about drums as being centrifuse drums because that is all we have in our fleet. If you have cast drums you are correct you can crack those with a hammer.

just spray WD-40 on all of your breaks. It wont lock up or stop any more. LOL

@abantuboy

11 ай бұрын

Not funny coz someone will think actually that's a good idea

just plain wrong do not follow these instructions there are other possible problems..

My company never explains anything. Been working there for years. They'll fix it and go back inside to bad mouth how stupid you must be for not knowing that. Just fall out the womb knowing everything and act like you're stupid. They wouldn't even need to put on their coat to go outside in the cold, if they would just explain what you just explained. Thanks 👍🏻 for the video.

You are life saver brother, in -15 temperature 🌡 it worked, thank you so much and God bless you 🙏