You sound skeptical.

The myth that one needs to remove the axle nut to do the rear brakes is one
that's been repeated in just about every manual I've seen.  Even the
Bentley, while not explicitly saying so, suggests this it true.  Well, it's
not.
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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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From: "Jere Hawn" <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Rear Brakes

> Snip..."This big nut doesn't have to come off to do brakes!"
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmm....