Re: [T3] Car sitting for years,clutch stuck

["John Connolly" <john@aircooled.net>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>TIP: Always "break loose" in reverse. Drum brakes have a cam mechanism that
tightens them moving forward, kinda' a poor man's power brakes. Trying to
free them in forward gears is often fruitless because of this, try reverse,
it's much easier.

John
Aircooled.Net inc.

----- Original Message -----
From: Per Lindgren <lindgre@online.no>
To: type3 <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Car sitting for years,clutch stuck


> I had the rear brakes bind hard on a Vanagon Syncro (4wd). It had been
sitting
> with the handbrake on for one month, and I just loosened the brake handle,
put
> it in low gear and made an attempt to pull it out. It didnt work. Both
right
> side wheels were spinning (rear left was binding). So I pulled the knob
for the
> rear differential lock, the rear axle locked with a "thunk" and still the
brake
> shoes didnt budge. The car actually dragged the rear end with the front
wheels!
> But after about 10 minutes, it broke loose. I also tried to hammer on the
> drum/rim with a sledgehammer, to no help.
>
> PerL
> 73 Variant L
>
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