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On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 22:40, AdamVW wrote: > brakes! I did find a small leak in one of the rear rubber hoses, something > to take care of next weekend. I also think I could afford to bring the rear > brakes in a few more clicks, but it is still quite an improvement. > Do not drive the car on the street until you get that leak fixed. Rear brake adjustment proceedure: Adjust the rear adjuster first. Tighten it until you can not turn the wheel by hand. Now back the adjuster star off about 6 notches. Adjust the front shoe the same way. Tighten until the wheel wont turn by hand an back off 6 notches of the star. Now check the emergency brake adjustment. Raise the lever 6 clicks from the bottom. Wheels should not turn by hand. If they do, tighten each cable until they do lock. Each cable should protrude past the nuts about the same. -- 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