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On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 07:05, Jim Adney wrote: > On 27 Aug 2005 at 6:28, Daryl Koch wrote: > > > 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. > > I did this on my '73, too. It was so long ago that I don't remember the > details, but I know that I fit it so that it points straight up, where I can > get at it with the grease gun in the future. > > IIRC, there are several nesting tubes and one solid shaft that rotate > independently in the pedal cluster. I mounted the Zerk fitting in the outermost > one, and drilled a hole in the intermediate one, so that grease would flow into > both bearings from that same Zerk. Back in the '50's VW's, Volkswagen supplied that fitting. There was a zerk behind the gas pedal. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~