Hi there everyone, Sorry to bother you all with this, but I'm to the point of frustration......even the Corona's aren't helping anymore.. So I was just gonna replace the rear brake pads....... I can get the rear passenger-side wheel off, but I cannot get the drum off, no matter what. I have adjusted the geared adjuster (accessed through a hole on the inside of the brake) and loosened the parking brake up. Alas, no go... The drum doesn't seem to be loosening from the back plate at all. I won't even go into the driver's-side.....I'm going to have to get an impact driver just to get the last two lug-nuts off. Anybody out there know of some trick to loosening the rotors? I guess Debbie (p.o.) was right when she said that the van had never had it's brakes serviced......*ouch* Thanks, Don & Christina Preston '87 Wolfsberg Vanagon GL '77 Auto Transporter |
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