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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org