Date:         Sun, 1 Apr 2007 23:03:06 -0700
Reply-To:     neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Brake question
Comments: To: Troy Delnicki <colorworks@gci.net>
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My drums were really stuck when I did my rears.

It appeared that rust between drum and face of wheel hub and on
spindle of wheel hub, kept them from coming off easily. I was able to
get a **small** flat blade screwdriver inbetween wheel hub face and
drum at small bolt hole so I could lever drum away, and pour a little
liquid wrench in. It seemed to help. IIRC I also put some LW on
spindle and also scraped rust off where wheel hub spindle meets drum.

Be warned though that I was replacing the shoes and drums so was not
concerned with getting LW on those parts.


Neil.

On 4/1/07, Troy Delnicki <colorworks@gci.net> wrote:
> Thanks, about six people e-mailed me off-line and said the same thing. The
> hardest part so far is trying to get the brake drum off. And yes, I did
> remember to remove the two small bolts!
>
> Troy
>


--
Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia.

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