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From: <THX0001@aol.com>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>; <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: Rear Brakes

> Well, one does not HAVE to remove the hub cum brake drum, but it is a lot
> easier and less abusive to the components.  Oh, and a hell of a lot
faster.

I'm not sure about the "easier" part.  I'm sure it's easier to swap out the
brake shoes with the hub removed, but removing and then retorquing a 500Nm
nut involves some effort.  I suppose if you have power tools to handle that
nut the job overall becomes "easier" but if you're using manual tools -
cheater bars, extenders and so forth - I suspect you might get some
arguement about which way pencils out as "easier."  It's all moot to me in
any case since I don't have the tools, manual or otherwise, to deal with
that nut.

I'm also not sure about the "less abusive" part, either.  I usually haven't
had too much difficulty removing the drums so I'm not sure what abuse I'm
making the components suffer.

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Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
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