The job of rear brake drum removal ranges from simple one unscrewing 2 small bolts and just pulling it out to a major PITA that nececitates removing that axle nut with 5 foot breaker bar and right size socket, then separating drum from axle. Done both and in the middle too. Main reason for drum not coming off easy is rust. Thanks to water that somehow gets there drums "rustweld" to axle and no amount of beating with any hammer helps including spraying "Liquid wrench" thru holes. In fact i ruined 1 or 2 drums beating on them trying to get them off. Material is relatively soft and easy to bend out of shape resulting in pulsating brake pedal. Normaly drums should come off without even adjusting from back. Of course they can be adjusted to make pulling easy if shoes are holding drum. Adjusting brakes while wheel is off is the easiest, just rotate adjustment gear untill drum encounters some resistance when rotating and it's done Leon 85 Subwagen Westy -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of Edward Maglott Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 5:53 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: rear brake adjusting
Hi all, I have been searching in the exciting new responsive web based archives for info on my rear brakes. (86 vanagon) I have been trying to determine which way to move the star wheel to move the shoes closer to the drum. I haven't found that bit of info and Bentley doesn't help there. I played with it a little bit, but couldn't determine which way was making it closer, and ended up with it farther away than I started. Anybody know that info off hand? Also ran into some references that seem to make me think that I can take the drum off without a puller. I think Bentley shows taking off the monster nut on the axle, and then pulling off the hub with the drum via the puller that uses the lug bolts. But some people seem to advocate taking the drum off the hub by banging and not pulling. What's the story? Edward |
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