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Date:         Sun, 3 May 1998 13:36:02 -0700
Reply-To:     Otmar Ebenhoech <Otmar@EVCL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Otmar Ebenhoech <Otmar@EVCL.COM>
Subject:      Re: HELP! Stuck Parking Brake!!!!!
Comments: To: Route87 <Route87@AOL.COM>, vanagon@vanagon.com
In-Reply-To:  <5c8b73c5.354cbd12@aol.com>
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>I need help guys! Me & my boy are trying to get to the VW Jamboree but MrEd's
>parking brake is stuck...seems like the left rear wheel won't move. It was
>prefectly fine yesterday, wha' happen? Could it have been the wheel cleaner I
>used? I scrubbed my wheels last night and rinsed them all right, but I  didnt
>think it'd screw up my brake (especially drums...everything's hidden behind
>the drum!)


>I'll hang on line to get any help you guys can give me...


        Probably the shoes have rusted to the drum or the backing plate.
Happens all the time. Just find a short 2X4 or anything handy and bang on
the backing plate (the  back site of the drum)


        WARNING!!  Since you'll have to be lying under the car to do this,
and the handbrake will have to be off, be sure to leave the car in gear and
chock the other wheels so it doesn't run over you.  :-)


HTH
 -Otmar-


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Otmar Ebenhoech                        Electric Vehicle Components Ltd.
  "I wish I die sleeping peacefully like my grandfather,
                         not screaming in terror like his passengers"
Otmar@EVCL.com             http://www.evcl.com          (650) 494-9255
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