ELI5, during winters and colder seasons you’re told not to use the handbrake of it possibly freezing. Why wouldn’t a gear in a gearbox freeze as well?
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Different freezing.
The gears are in a gearbox, and encased housing, smothered in oil.
The handbrake is a cable inside a wound on metal sleeve. If you pull it tight and water has gotten inside between the cable and sleeve, or ice builds up around one end, it can stick really hard in that position, forcing you to drive with your brake calipers clamped.
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