Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:44:07 -0700
Reply-To: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@ATT.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@ATT.NET>
Subject: Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
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Have yo tried a big-assed copper or plastic shot dead blow hammer to jar it
loose? Sometimes the drum rusts to the hub. If you whack it a couple good
ones it may free up. If it already is a bit wiggley, rust is not your
problem, but a ridge has probably built up on the very edge of the drum (use
a crowbar against the backing plate). Have you backed up the star spacer
all the way?? does the drum turn freely? If not, you may have been turning
the star spacer the wrong direction. These are all from experience.
Good luck
Karl Wolz
-----Original Message-----
From: Don R. Preston, Jr. <cybermage@UTAH-INTER.NET>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
>Yep, removed them both right after I removed the wheels.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
>To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
>Date: Sunday, February 28, 1999 1:15 PM
>Subject: Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
>
>
>> DId you remove the small 11 mm bolts that hold the drum on?
>>They are located on the outside, right next to the lug nut studs
>>that are sticking out. There are 2. They bolt the center of the drum
>>to the hub.
>>
>> Eric 86-VW4x4
>> vw4x4@fyi.net 72-240z
>> Pittsburgh, PA USA 1936-Chrysler
>>
>>
>>On Sun, 28 Feb 1999, Don R. Preston, Jr. wrote:
>>
>>> 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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