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Keith - I had trouble with the brake pedal sticking on my '74 bug. To put the problem to bed, I drilled & put in a grease fitting near the throttle lever. Worked like a dream & was easy to get at. Daryl - 72SB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com> To: <Type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 11:02 PM Subject: [T3] Crates rear brakes > I got the rear brakes done on the Crate, and found that at 33Kmi the rear > brakes had gone to the rivits on one side and had been replaced shortly > before the car was taken off the road. I was really astounded though that > one of the wheel cylinders was STILL GOOD! This car hasnt had brakes in at > least 15 years, probably 20 and in fact, the brake pedal is rusted right to > the floor! I plucked the pistons out and no rust at all, just some gunk in > there. The other one was rusted up pretty bad. > > What had me a bit bothered though was that there was alot of oil > contamination in the drum, The rear seals had been done once before but > seemed to be leaking again.... only instead of going out the weephole at the > bottom of the seal cap the oil had gotten into the drum and contaminated the > shoes. Also, is there supposed to be a seal between the backing plate and > the axle? The ones in the kit didnt have a big enough center diameter to > fit so I used some RTV. > > Ill tell ya though, nothing smells worse than an old rear end! > > > Keith > > Keith Park > > Top Notch Restorations > topnotch@nycap.rr.com > 71 Squareback > 65 Notchback "El BajaRojo" > 65 Squareback "Eggcrate" > 87 Golf > 88 Rx7 10th Anniversary "Rextur" (For Sale) > 93 Rx7 fast enough to stay Stock! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >