Date:         Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:59:55 -0700
Reply-To:     "Don R. Preston, Jr." <cybermage@UTAH-INTER.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         "Don R. Preston, Jr." <cybermage@UTAH-INTER.NET>
Subject:      Brake Help Please!!!!!
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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