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I've got a squareback which has been parked in a field for the past 12 years. I'm really only keeping it for parts, but last week it had to be moved and we found that one of the rear brake drums was frozen to the shoes, even though the parking brake had not been left on. Last weekend we managed to just drag it to where it needed to go, but this weekend I was hoping to free up that wheel, so that we could roll the car into its new spot. I tried my trick of reaching thru the inspection holes with a big punch and pounding sideways on each brake shoe in turn, in the hope of breaking them free. I even tapped a screwdriver in there a ways, just to put a wedge between the shoe and the drum. This has worked for me in the past, but no such luck this time. I tried beating all around the drum with a hammer, too, but that didn't help either. (My experience is that this never works anyway, but I was desperate.) I wonder if any of you have any other suggestions. I have a big propane torch that I can take out there and just heat up the whole drum. The lug bolts and the little drum bolts all came out just fine. The car is an IRS '73, if that makes any difference. And, no Dave, its not one of the ones that you saw when you were here. This one is yellow. Suggestions please...? ;-p -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~