[Vwdiesel] removing rear brake drum from Vanagon trick

[Libbybapa at wmconnect.com]

In a message dated 5/24/05 5:36:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, 
vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com writes:


> 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. 

The first rear brake job I did was on a '74 vw bus.  I  pried and hammered 
and pried some more.  I finally snapped the two shoe retaining clips and got the 
shoes to fold outward.  I had one severe heck of a time getting the shoes in 
place with the e-brake cable attached properly.  When I finally got it all 
back together I went for a test drive.  The first thing I did when I got in the 
van was start the engine and RELEASE THE E-BRAKE!  One heck of a blonde moment.
Andrew