My BEC has been in a cold, damp, unheated garage for the winter...the brakes have seized despite me pushing it out ok a few weeks back. Is there a way to stop this from happening? Theres no reverse on it and its track only so taking it out for a drive isnt possible....any ideas......a mate suggested WD40!!

Rear drums ? in that case I assume it is the hand brake that has caused the rear shoes to seize the drum, the way to avoid it is to chock the wheels and leave the hand brake off when you park it up.

sorry, should have stated, calipers front and rear. Hyrdraulic hand brake which is always left off

Callipers are usually okay, the dust covers must be damaged or missing.

Wd40 is not a great idea, you need to use proper brake grease, this is what I woul do, not saying that it is correct.

The metal behind the seal should be good, remove the calliper from the disc then tap the brake pedal to push the pistons patially out, now clean the exposed metal with a scotch pad/kitchen scrubber, use some brake fluid as a lubricant if required, then work the pistons in and out until they slide nicely.

Clean and grease the exposed metal with red brake grease and restore.

If they are fubared then get some stainless pistons and seals from 'big red' and replace before you screw up the callipers anymore.

Regards Mark

[Edited on 4/3/13 by mark chandler]

Jack up the front of the car, try and do up your wheel nuts this will free the disk then use a fine wet abd dry P1200 tp take off any crap on the disk. I have this problem all the time. Cheers.