[T3] Car won't move

Craigs List craigslistcsprings at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 19:21:30 PDT 2015


Break, brake.....same thing in this case. I'm in a hurry. Sue me. :)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Craigs List <craigslistcsprings at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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