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Re: [T3] frozen brakes


On Sun, 2004-08-15 at 08:38, hisham bakr wrote:
> a friend landed a 71 square cheap and I am helpinh him pick it up. problem
> is the brakes are frozen. Whats a good way to unlock those brakes so we can
> roll the car. BTW, the motor doesn't run, so we'll have to push it to his
> house 4 blocks away. thanks for any tips

Is it the rear brakes that are froze?? If so, use a large hammer to rap
the backing plates "hard". 
I wish people wouldn't set the emergency brake to park the car for
extended periods.

-- 
Russ Wolfe
'71 FB AT
'66 FB MT
'65 T1 (not running)
russw@classicvw.org
http://www.classicvw.org

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