At 12:42 PM 3/27/2002, Ron Maxseiner wrote: >Hey I was trying to replace the rear bearings on my >1985 vanagon. I encountered a problem removing the >'brake shoe pivot'. (The V shaped thing at the bottom >of the drum brake that holds the brake shoes). The >two bolts came out fine but the pin that goes through >to the housing was stuck. Rotating the brake shoe >pivot only caused the pin to move in the housing. That little guy is spot-welded onto the brake backing plate, so at this point you might's well keep twisting until it comes loose -- you've already twisted the weld. You can re-weld/braze or not as you like, the weld basically keeps the part from getting lost in the factory. Either way clean up the place where the weld came apart so it will sit flush. The pin is a dowel pin, drive fit in both pivot and hub. david
-- David Beierl - Providence, RI http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" '85 GL "Poor Relation" |
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