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Date:         Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:23:09 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Rear Brake Drums
Comments: To: wb6otg <wb6otg@INTREX.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <200010261015.AA2460745984@intrex.net>
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At 10:15 10/26/2000, wb6otg wrote: >off to be able to get at all the springs and stuff in there. Its probably >possible to do a rear brake job just by removing the drum, but it didn't >look easy!

No question at all, it's been done thousands of times. It's mild-to-moderately inconvenient, but nothing at all like dealing with that nut without proper equipment including being able to retorque to insanely high figure.

david David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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