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| matteyp |
  Jul 29 2011, 07:52 PM
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Nothing a little JB Weld can't fix...  Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 8-June 09 From: WA Member No.: 10,450 Region Association: Pacific Northwest  |
Heres another one to add to my stupidest things list...I've been hearing this really loud whirring sound coming from the back end of my volkswagen for about the past 3 months or so, i thought it may be the bearings again but I just replaced them last year so I let it go for a few months...or 6? Anyways ripped the drums apart
Yesterday and found my vw golf has the most ridiculously complicated drum brakes I've ever seen. Gotta take all the bearings and the hub apart to get the drum off. Once I did that I was surprised to find out the weird noise I was hearing was actually caused by all the springs beings snapped and missing. Drove like that for quite a few thousand miles....what a dummy. Anyways once I got the left side back together i tore the right side apart and then realized everything is now opposite. Just couldnr get my brain wrapped around that. Started the job at 2pm and had it all buttoned by midnight with the help of my friend and my gfs dad. Ohh well guess I'll know how to do that next time (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
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| Cupomeat |
Jul 29 2011, 10:05 PM
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missing my NY 914 in VA Group: Members Posts: 1,338 Joined: 26-November 07 From: Oakton VA Member No.: 8,376 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Glad to hear you got it all fixed and back together. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
I once took apart my friends Rabbit rear brakes in his parking lot only to have the entier bearing fall all over the ground and I couldn't get the race off the spindle. I was 20 and had no money and we needed the car that night (not to mention they'd fine him for having the car immobile in the lot) so I walked to the car parts store 3 times getting different pullers and such until we made it happen. Sometimes you just need to fix it, so it gets fixed, even if it takes 10hrs, |
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matteyp My 10 hour brake job... Jul 29 2011, 07:52 PM
rhodyguy what year is your golf?
k Jul 30 2011, 06:29 AM matteyp Golf is a 98, not a bad car. 180k and it still run... Jul 30 2011, 07:01 AM ArtechnikA When I uprated my ur-GTI for autocross, I swapped ... Jul 30 2011, 07:31 AM Vacca Rabite My old 98 golf had 4 wheel disks and never got bet... Jul 30 2011, 07:49 AM matteyp I really wish I had 4 wheel disks cuz man what a p... Jul 30 2011, 08:37 AM
Cap'n Krusty There were rear drum brake equipped Golfs in 1998.... Jul 30 2011, 11:07 AM |
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