[Vwdiesel] removing rear brake drum from Vanagon trick

[David Cook]

Its actually pretty simple, if it is like my '78 Westy
(and it sounds like it is).  I almost took off the big
nuts too to do a brake job, until I discovered the two
bolts.

There really are just two bolts that hold the drum on
while the wheel is off.  The drum is actually held on
by the wheel lug bolts.  The two small bolts are
simply there to keep things in place while you are
changing a tire or something.

Due to wear and rust, it is easily concieveable that
it might seem like the drum won't want to come off
without removing the large nut, but he is right, you
just need to give it some "encouragement" with a
hammer to loosen things up.  Squiriting some PB
Blaster around the nut to break up corrosion in there
would be a good idea.

David

--- 82 Diesel Westy <dieselwesty at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Good morning all, can anyone help me with this trick
> to remove the rear drum without having to fight with
> the 46MM super bolt.....
> This is a clip from another fellow vanagon man, 
> 
> "You don't need to remove the 46MM nut.  Just remove
> the two 11MM bolts that are near the lug nuts.  Get
> a
> good sized hammer  3-5 lb. And give it a good whack
> around the outside edge.  It should pop loose after
> a
> couple of good hits.  Might even jump off the axle
> and
> inch or so exposing the shoe"
> 
> Are these 11mm bolts on the face of the drum, can
> someone better describ the process.
> 
> Thanks, I am sure it is in the archives but I have
> not
> found it yet.
> Bryan, in NJ
> 
> 
> Bryan Belman, Pt Pleasant, NJ
> 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp
> Rebuilding 82 Diesel Weekender from my old rusty 82
> Westy 1.9NA
> 90 Audi 200, 2.3L Turbo FWD
> 70 Type 1 stock Beetle
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David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
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