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On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 22:44, VARIANThead wrote: > Yipes! He said there's brake fluid leaking > everywhere... Isn't that somewhere you'd NOT want to > put an open flame? I was told NEVER to take a torch to > any brake part. Worse comes to worse, you can clip the > retaining pin at the back of the brake plate and that > will release the drums and the shoes together. > > Aaron > I have never had any problem with flames and brake parts. It isn't THAT flammable. Watch WRC races, or a Sebring race at night and see how hot brakes get under hard use. But I think all that he needs to do is get the adjusters backed off. There is a ridge on the inside of the edge of the drum. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org