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Subject:Re: Front Berings, Shocks and Rear Brakes
From:David Beierl
Date:Wed, 10 May 2000 09:22:42 -0400
At 22:37 5/9/2000, David Ricketts wrote:
>Rear brakes.  Looks like you just remove the wheel and the drums pry
>off.  Doesn't seem to make sense and I am a little disappointed in my
>Bentley, but perhaps it is that simple. Comments??

Bentley gives a very exact procedure starting at "Brake Drum, Removing" on
page 46.7.  However it is not necessary to remove the hub as they state to
work on the brakes, unless the backplate must be removed.  Remove the drum
from the hub instead.

david
David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"