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Re: [T3] rear brake cylinder


On Mon, 2003-08-25 at 20:20, Jim Adney wrote:
> On 25 Aug 2003 at 17:40, Russ wolfe wrote:
> 
> > You can clean grease off also, by soaking the shoes in gasoline for a
> > couple hours, and then setting them on fire. (off the car of course) :=)
> > The temperatures are enough to force the oil out, but not hot enough to
> > damage the shoes.
> 
> Off the car???  ;-)
> 
> Will this not damage bonded shoes?
> 
Not really. Imagine a few minutes in hard traffic, how hot your brake
shoes get. Or better yet look at the brakes at night during a Le Mans or
Sebring race. They actually turn cherry red on the disc brakes.
-- 
Russ Wolfe
'66 FB MT
'71 FB AT 
'65 Bug (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org



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