For you guys in colder climates, do you run brake covers or not and which way causes the least amount of brake pads frozen to drums issues?
I know without covers it much easier to hammer the pads loose, with covers on, you need a bar or punch to stick through the hole in the covers and then hammer them loose or without covers on you can get heat to the pads easier to try to thaw them out and get them to snap loose.
It might just be me, but lately we've had issues with pads frozen to drums and it seems those with covers on them are the worst, but maybe its got more to do with how much harder it is to hammer those pads loose than compared to drums that don't have covers on them.
Was wondering which way others prefer, covers or not in freezing weather.
I know without covers it much easier to hammer the pads loose, with covers on, you need a bar or punch to stick through the hole in the covers and then hammer them loose or without covers on you can get heat to the pads easier to try to thaw them out and get them to snap loose.
It might just be me, but lately we've had issues with pads frozen to drums and it seems those with covers on them are the worst, but maybe its got more to do with how much harder it is to hammer those pads loose than compared to drums that don't have covers on them.
Was wondering which way others prefer, covers or not in freezing weather.