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<x-charset iso-8859-1> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> > On 6 Dec 2001, at 16:17, Dave Campen wrote: > > > I had to do much the same thing to free the rear drums on mine; the brakes > > got cooked coming back from Germany, and the drum was stuck tight to the > > hub. WD40, big hammers, and finally clutch and brake abuse broke them free. > > There's actually a pretty easy way to free up the drum brakes. You > just put a large punch thru the brake shoe inspection hole in the > backing plate and place it against the shoe, not the lining. Then hit > the punch hard with a hammer. > This was the drum sticking to the centre of the drive flange, not to the shoes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org </x-charset>