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Subject:Re: Rear Brakes
From:Steve Delanty
Date:Sat, 10 May 2003 20:23:22 -0700

At 05:11 PM 5/10/2003, you wrote:
>Man, you are lucky then. I have had to remove drums that I had off 3 mos
>prior, and it #$&)#*&)# me off. I kick myself everytime I try to remove the
>drum only (thinking it's going to be faster).
>
>However, I do have the tools to remove the axle nut easy.
>
>John
>Aircooled.Net Inc.

My drums came off the hubs with no trouble at all.
Sadly, I wasn't in there to do brakes. My job was rear
wheel bearings and I almost killed myself getting the big
nuts off. I bent my good 3/4" drive breaker bar with my
lard ass on the end of 4' of cheater pipe.
I got 'em loose though.

Steve
'86 Westy