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On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 13:18, Jim Adney wrote: > > Yes, they're harder to deal with, in normal use, but there must be some > advantage. I know Mercedes does the same thing, how about BMW? Must be a German > thing. > The later Type 2's had studs. > One advantage to this is in the late 4-bolt rear drum/hubs which get rusted > together. If you want to break these loose, just jack up and remove one tire, > put the car in gear and speed up the engine. When you slam the brakes on hard, > the hub will break free of the drum. If there were studs in there, this > wouldn't work. ;-) > Been there, Done that. Try getting the front rotors off a Rabbit. They are always froze, and it is an approved method to break them loose. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/