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 Yogie
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| posted on October 26th, 2003 at 09:44 PM |
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Removing brake drums
I have separated the body from the pan of my 72 beetle and want to take off the rear drums. Problem is, the wheels wants to turn as I try to loosen
the big nut with the cotter pin (removed).
I have already taken off the handbrake so I can't lock it off that way.
Any ideas out there?
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| posted on October 26th, 2003 at 10:31 PM |
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You're supposed to loosen them B4 the wheels come off.
The only hope now is to make a brace out of at least 2inch angle iron. You need to drill it with 2 holes to take 2 wheel studs & bolt the brace
on so that one end is on the ground & hopefully the nut will undo because the brace will stop the drum turning. Perhaps you can make a template
out of cardboard 1st to get the bolt hole pattern right. Be careful- there is about 220 ft lbs ( or whatever the metric equiv is) of torque holding it
on. In fact if the body is off (eng too??) I don't think there will be enough weight in the pan to stop it lifting in the air! You may need a
couple of bodies to stand on it too. Good luck!
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| posted on October 27th, 2003 at 02:22 PM |
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Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try. (the engine and gearbox and everything else is off the pan now)
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| posted on October 29th, 2003 at 01:19 AM |
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yeow!
good luck!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
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 posted on November 2nd, 2003 at 06:51 PM |
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Well I got the nuts off the rear drums this afternoon. I ended up putting a crowbar through the hole in the wheel rim through to the swing arm. I
then put a couple of tyres on the outside for the crowbar to rest on.
This stopped the wheels wanting to move and I got the nuts off with no trouble at all.
Thanks to all for the advice.
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