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Subject:Re: rear brakes ?
From:John Meeks
Date:Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:01:42 -0400

On 6/14/07, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:
> Hi,  "84 van, no power brakes, manual tranny"

>   What I did  so far was to tap around the drums, which seemed to loosen up.

Don~ First time I removed the rear drums from my 85, I would describe
my tapping more as "pounding" using a rubber mallet. The drums
eventually loosened. Don't be afraid to give it a good whacking :-)

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