185s freezes solid after a ride

[foster]

Maybe someone can advise me, I hope.
After a ride, I put the ol' 185s back in the shed and lock her up until the next weekend. Seeing as how it's very cold up here in the great white north, by the following weekend the rear wheels are frozen solid. I mean, they just won't turn. Can't even push it outside and load it onto the trailer until I put a heater aimed at her rear end for about 30 minutes. Then she rolls along just fine and off I go.
How can I avoid this problem? It would seem obvious to me that I'm failing to remove water that's getting in somewhere before storing it for the week, perhaps, and then that water freezes?
Thanks guys.

[TimSr]

This is a common problem when winter riding with drum brakes. which is what is freezing. As long as youre moving its fine, but sometimes at night we would hang by the fire for a while, and we always had to struggle with kicking the front wheels on the Blasters until they broke loose. Once we had to drag one to the creek, and submerge the front wheel in the water, to get it to unfreeze, and then, of course, immediately ride before it refroze.
I dont have any magic solutions, but trying to make the brakes dry before parking it is the best prevention. One way is to drive around while holding the brake on for about 30 seconds, so it gets hot, just before parking it. Another trick is to get some of that car keylock deicer stuff, if you have an adjuster hole or some way you can spray it in. Other than that, if you get the brakes wet, make sure you get them hot so they will dry before parking it.

[foster]

Thanks muchly, Tim!
Sounds much easier than the way I've been doing it -- trying to melt and dry them out a week after the ride!

[bonkers_200s]

They make windshield de-icer in a spray can for the extremely lazy, I wonder if it would work, or damage a brake pad?

Maybe just a few shots of contact cleaner?

[bigredhead]

de-icer is simply rubbing alcohol..

If you can seal up the brake drum so that no water gets in you should be ok, but i know that's not an easy task.. putting heavy grease near brake parts is never a good idea !! LOL..

how about shooting alcohol into the drum after a ride to flush the water out of it.. the alc will evaporate and i can't see it harming the shoes any. get other opinions before doing this of course !!!!

[Gillfisher]

The rear brake drum should have a drain plug on the bottom of it, take it out after your ride. Not sure if the front has one or not.

[straight pipe]

hondas have brakes??? lol