urgent rear calliper locked on

[Domvalver]

tried to leave this morning and my handbrake wouldnt release until i revved hard, then i had a juddering and when i next used the brakes the locked on the rear pass side to the point i ended up dragging my rear wheel along. so i returned home by which point (less than 1/4 mile) my calliper was smoking like a good un. Any ideas? Thanks in advance Dom

 

[MikeB]

Handbrake cable?

 

[Domvalver]

Yes i did wonder that because it didnt seem quite right when i let it off,. would that explain why it wouldnt release after using the foot brake?

 

[Domvalver]

ok so ive had a look and its quite odd, the inner pad has worn down to the metal on the top side but has remained near to full thickness on the bottom. i presume this is because the slider bits the pad runs on need a good clean up

 

[Domvalver]

All sorted now, the friction material had come away from the pad! New pads and problem solved, The amount of smoke coming from my wheel was quite shocking