Date:         Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:15:44 -0700
Reply-To:     Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Mark McCulley <raven@HALCYON.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
Comments: To: CanineWolf@AOL.COM, Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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At 12:51 AM 6/9/98 EDT, Tim Gardner wrote:
>Today I checked out my Bentley manuel and noticed that sussposidly to do the
>rear shoes you need to use a wheel puller?  I then went outside with my father
>and checked out the brakes and how to get at them.  Im not sure if this is
>syncro spectfic but there is a pin that holds a large nut and the hub.  Now
>this must be removed inorder to replace the rear shoes?  Do I need the wheel
>puller or can I just bend the pin, take it out and unscrew the nut that holds
>the hub on?  Please help me out with how to do this.  Thank you for any
>information.
>
Yes, you do have to remove the hub to replace the rear shoes. Before jacking
the car up, remove the cotter pin and loosen the axel nut. You will need the
proper socket (46mm I think) and a big breaker bar to get this sucker
loose--it's torque spec is 369 ft lbs. Break both axel nuts loose while all
the wheels are on the ground. Then follow the procedure detailed in the
Bentley manual. You might want to consider having the drums turned and
rebuilding wheel cylinders if that hasn't been done for a while.

After putting things back together, get the axel nuts good and tight before
lowering the van and then be sure torque them to spec with the rear wheels
back on the ground.

MM