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On 15 Aug 2004 at 9:34, Russ Wolfe wrote: > 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". On type 3s you can also remove the rubber inspection hole plugs and reach thru them with a suitable punch, then hit the punch with a hammer. This does the same thing, but applies the shock to exactly the right spot. You'll know the shoe is free when the punch bounces back. > I wish people wouldn't set the emergency brake to park the car for > extended periods. Right. I learned this the hard way. BTDT. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~