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On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 14:32, Dave Hall wrote: > Handy to remind people that if you paint your wheels expect them to loosen again > if you leave a paint layer in the hollow where the lug bolts seat. Clean the > paint off the wheel bolt seating. > VW had a problem with that on the '68 T-1's. (The first year for 4 bolt wheels on T-1) They had too much paint on the backside of the wheels, and it would soften if the brakes got hot. We had to sand the backside of a lot of '68 T-1 wheels. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~