[T3] Car won't move

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After hiding from the heat for a bit, I remembered that I have a bottle
jack in my truck. Plenty jack to get a VW up. Good and bad.

BAD: The guys who put my new rims on used an impact to do so. What a class
A set of freaking morons. At least I found out while I was at home with
plenty of tools. I broke two 3/8" drive ratchets trying to get the one
wheel off. They finally broke loose.

The good: it was only a stuck break. The drum came off after some
persuasion with a hammer. The inside of the drum shows a rough area where
the car had sat for years. The PO should have had it surfaced before
running the car. I may not have a jack in the house, but I still have a
stash of type 3 parts. :)

I got into closet number 2, sifted through a plastic bucket and pulled out
one of my spare brake drums that I so happen to have. Put things back
together and went for a 80 to 100 mile drive cruising the back roads around
my house. It was an amazing evening. The weather was perfect and the car
was tip top. I love this car. She cruises 70 to 75 mph with no problem
what-so-ever. Thanks goodness for my freeway flyer.

Tragedy averted.

To answer one question I saw in some earlier replies, I do have all of the
adjustment plugs in place. I think this was a freak accident. Next ti eI
might just try dumping the clutch like others mentioned.

Adam

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Gary Forsmo <gbforsmo at gmail.com> wrote:

> A --
>
> In 2010 after my car sat in a barn for 9+ years, my LF brake caliper pads
> were "locked up" on the rotor.
> Trying to move the car forward or backward only "skidded" the wheel on the
> wooden plank floor.
> Jim Adney suggested having one or two people sit on the LF fender and try
> moving the car in 1st or reverse.  The additional weight added
> tire-to-floor friction ...* voilà ...* the locked up wheel broke loose.
>
> --
> Gary "Frito" - '69 Variant, FI, MT
> Rockport, TX (winter)
> Lake Geneva, WI (summer)
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