The time has come to sell my my00 turbo 2000 after 7 years of ownership :-(
It has been sat on the drive now for 4 months after a knee operation and now (not surprisingly) the brakes are abit stuck to say the least.
Im not a mechanic but ive give the calipers abit of a smack to try and free them but the car is still struggling to move.
Is there anything else I can try to free them?
Been told to pull on handbrake cable to caliper aswell, is it literally just grabbing it and giving it a good yank?

 

when you say struggling to move do you mean under power or just the hubs ???

 

Caliper pistons shouldn't be too bad after just 4 month,take it for a drive if you can.
May well be the handbrake shoes sticking if you've had the handbrake on for 4 month.

 

Got the car to move about 2 inch but such a struggle and clutch has only done 8000 miles and the smell is scary, and my wife said it looked like the fronts were moving ok so looks like handbrake stuck on.
A bit stupid leaving handbrake on, but i never expected to get a dvt after my arthoscopy so kind of slipped my mind.
Had someone else tell me to remove rear caliper and nudge the handbrake cable lever and should sort it.
Why do these things happen when your knee is still playing up and rubbish weather :-)

 

There is an adjuster on the back of the rear disc plates,a little inspection hatch covered with a rubber grommet,there are some pics on the forum somewhere if you need a diagram(quick search should find it) you could back the adjuster off a couple of clicks and just give the drum part of the disc a little tap,this should free them if the other method doesn't work.

Edit: just to add,if you don't already know,the handbrake doesn't work with the caliper,it's a brake shoe system on the inside of the disc.

 

Thats great, i will try and find the diagrams now then thank you.
Been a long time since Ive worked on cars lol
I take it, it's an easy job?
Once again, thanks for your help

 

Yes it's an easy job to DIY:
https://www.scoobynet.com/wheels-tyr...djustment.html

 

Ended up removing caliper on rear nearside, and applied some copper grease to pads and car now moves :-)