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Subject:Re: Rear Brakes
From:John Connolly
Date:Sat, 10 May 2003 17:14:17 -0600

while I do agree you can do it, it is a lot easier to remove the drum and
hub. Sometimes trying to remove the drum from the hub is a SOB. Kinda' like
changing the generator in a beetle in the engine bay. You CAN do it but it's
easier to just yank the engine first.

John
Aircooled.Net Inc.

> >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.
>