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Re: [T3] I'm back...


On 28 Apr 2003 at 0:11, John Jaranson wrote:

> Only minor thing I have to fix after the trip is one of the return springs
> on one of the rear brake shoes broke.  Is this a T3 part only?  It is
> definitely different then the spring on an IRS beetle.

You're actually talking about the return springs (upper or lower?), and not the 
retainer springs that hold the shoe against the backing plate, right? I would 
have thought the former would be the same. The center pins for the latter are 
longer for type 3s. Are the return springs identical except for the length? I 
assume you have a spare from your donor.

It's unusual for a return spring to break, but I've seen the center pins pull 
out and let the rest of the parts fall to the bottom and get ground up. It's 
amazing how little damage this seems to do.

-- 
Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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