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At this point I'm going to remove the axel nut and get the wheel drum off. Then I will disassemble the brake shoes and associated wheel cylinders from the back plate (remove the rubber boots first, thanks Jim). Then assess what I can do to get the nipple or what's left of it out of the wheel cylinder. I will then tell you what I see. And again ask for advice. This is a great forum for the Type 3. I hope I can find one as good when I get serious about the RX7. PS if the wife had her way I would be working on it first!!:) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 9:05 PM Subject: RE: [T3] 65 Square brakes > On 17 Aug 2006 at 21:30, Keith Park wrote: > > > If you have or can use an Oxy torch, get all the rubber parts off the > > wheel > > cyl and heat that nipple red hot, then just as its cooled to dark again > > it > > will back right now, with the easy out in it that may not be so easy, > > but > > worth a try. > > At this point I wouldn't try this with the cylinder in the backing > plate. You'll just heat up other things that you really don't want to > disturb, and, at this point, you're already awfully close to just > having the cylinders all the way out. > > When you remove the cylinders, pull the rubber boots off BEFORE you > pry the cylinders out of the backing plate. That way they'll be okay > to reuse. Otherwise, they'll be pinched and will have to be replaced. > > -- > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >