[Vwdiesel] Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 152, Issue 2

[Bryan Belman]

Nice Job James.  !!  bending a lug nut, now that is some real force for sure. Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ 04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)04 Golf TDI PD BEW, 100hp, 5sp Tiptronic Auto -- running  :<)82 Diesel Westy 1.9TD AAZ (almost running) :<{70 Type 1 Beetle -- Running :-)

      From: James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net>
 To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com 
 Sent: Friday, September 9, 2016 10:38 AM
 Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 152, Issue 2
   
Soooo... yesterday I tried out freeing up mine, like I said I'd try.
fun.
Had to move the car anyway, I'm building a bin very near where it was sitting. 
Applied, bfh and air hammer with the wheel off.
nothing.
Trick is, you don't get much to turn on with the rim off, so good luck with that.  I put in one lug bolt, wedged a prybar about 3' long between it, and the snout on the brake drum. bent the lug bolt, but was able to get it to turn reluctantly to get a bolt hole lined up enough to pop the adjuster wedge up.  Then it was good.  Repeat for other wheel.  Lotsa bending on the lug bolt, so be prepared for a sacrifice, but it's necessary to break it free it seems, unless you drill some holes in a piece of flat to bolt on more than one.

I mean really apply the bfh. Rust just pours out like water when the air hammer is going too :)  If it breaks, it was going to anyway.
-james

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I vote for the BFH to break the frozen drums free. 

V

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> On Sep 3, 2016, at 4:09 PM, Doug Ferguson <hwy9fergs at comcast.net> wrote:
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> I would suspect and investigate the E brake cables as being rusted up and frozen. When you look at the cables up at the front where the lever is, does it look like the inner cable is moving relative to the housing? 
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> My truck has been sitting for an extended time and the rear brakes have become secured to the drums so well that I can't break them loose by rocking the truck or trying to break it loose by slowly letting out the clutch and revving the engine. 
> What is a sure way to break the rear wheels free w/o breaking or damaging anything? 
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