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On Sun, 2003-05-11 at 09:02, Greg Merritt wrote: > At 3:20 PM +0300 5/11/03, Daniel Baum wrote: > >it moved much easier with the handbrake off. How good is the handbrake > >supposed to be? > > Daniel, > > It should immobilize the car -- that is, you shouldn't be > able to push it. > > After the rear brakes are adjusted, you can (should) adjust > the hand brake. Have you done so? There's a pair of cables, one for > each side, running up the tunnel from the rear. I just replaced one > of the cables on my '63 Beetle yesterday, but that's got a different > style mounting at the lever than the later cars like your '69; have a > look at a manual. (I'm also assuming that the 34 is the same as the > others, but I could be wrong. T34 donations accepted.) > Lift the rear wheels off the ground. Make the sure the hand brake is off. Adjust the rear brakes properly. Engage the hand brake lever 4-6 notches. Adjust each hand brake cable until you can not rotate the rear wheels at all by hand. -- 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