Mike,
     If you want to just change the brakes and wheel
cylinder you can leave your nuts alone and save your
self the time of taking them off which can be a
painful process.   Back the shoes off and pull the
drums.   If the drums are stuck on put a tire chain
around the drum and pull the drums.   e-mail me when
you have the drums off if you need help.
           gary
Date:    Tue, 6 May 2003 13:10:52 -0500
From:    Mike Ross <mjross81@SWBELL.NET>
Subject: Rear Brakes

Does anybody have any tips on removing the big nut on
the rear axle of
a
Vanagon?  I'm trying to replace the rear brake shoes,
and the big nut
won't
come off so that I can get at the brakes themselves.
I have tried a 5
foot
cheater pipe, but all that does is spin the wheel (yes
it is on the
ground,
in gear, with the emergency brake applied).  I am
thinking about
cutting the
nut off, but I don't see them listed on any of the
usual sites and am
sure
that my local FLAPS doesn't have them.

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