rear wheel locked up- unlocked now but..

[90volts]

was hoping someone had this happen before and its nothing. this is the first time its ever happened. drove on the sand- 6-8 in deep the other day. no problem, drove an hour back. hosed everything down under and back by the brakes and all. sat overnight in the rain. no biggie- didn;t really get wet. i go to back it up and it starts lifting the back end. looked to release the parking brake. wasn't on. hit the brakes a few times. no good. got out and cursed it- of course, and then rocked it forward and reverse while in neutral. this was by pushing/ pulling on the rear bumper cage. i could see the rear passenger was the only one not rolling. after 2 or three times it just started rolling. left it for a couple hours. tried it again and its not locked up. 73 IRS. its a buggy. did bottom it out in the sand when we first got there. normal cause of the sand? maybe didn't get it all out? brakes,axels? any ideas or wht to look/clean closer? thanks.

[GotManx]

I get that every once in while after I wash mine. I think what is happening is that the inside of your drums are bare metal and the water creates some rust which sticks to the brake shoes. I usually just rock mine back and forth a litttle bit and it breaks loose.

[Gene-C]

After my brakes get wet (washing car or crossing stream) I just drive with a slight pressure on the brake 'till they dry out.......

[mel hubbard]

[QUOTE="90volts"]was hoping someone had this happen before and its nothing. this is the first time its ever happened. drove on the sand- 6-8 in deep the other day. no problem, drove an hour back. hosed everything down under and back by the brakes and all. sat overnight in the rain. no biggie- didn;t really get wet. i go to back it up and it starts lifting the back end. looked to release the parking brake. wasn't on. hit the brakes a few times. no good. got out and cursed it- of course, and then rocked it forward and reverse while in neutral. this was by pushing/ pulling on the rear bumper cage. i could see the rear passenger was the only one not rolling. after 2 or three times it just started rolling. left it for a couple hours. tried it again and its not locked up. 73 IRS. its a buggy. did bottom it out in the sand when we first got there. normal cause of the sand? maybe didn't get it all out? brakes,axels? any ideas or wht to look/clean closer? thanks.[/QUOTE] Thats strange,,, a similar thing happened to my friends IRS buggy,,, but that had just stood in a dry garage,,,, as we pushed it out (backwards) it just locked after rolling real easy for about 4 feet, felt to me like something metal hitting in the drum,,, like a too long wheel bolt catching on the shoes. That was over a year ago,, I know nothing has been taken apart on that buggy since,,, and the problem never came back,,, he cursed too at the time,,,, maybe thats all you have to do