Re: [vintagvw] Stuck brake drum

2009-06-12 Thread Dan Moy
Sounds like it is frozen on the splines. Try heating the drum around the splines. On 6/12/09, No Quarter sil...@beatricene.com wrote: Might be time to get yourself a wheel puller. I own a Cornwell which attaches via the lug bolts. You can then extract it. Otherwise, tons of solvent,

Re: [vintagvw] Hubcaps - to Plate or Not to Plate

2009-06-12 Thread Potter, Tom E
Yeah that! Thomas E. Potter ... Or should I just suck it up, use a chrome polish from my FLAPS, and remember that it's a 40-year-old car? Bert Knupp in Music City USA |__n__ (_)º (Ô\_|_/Ô) ü ° ° ü Polizeikäfer '70 ___ vintagvw

Re: [vintagvw] Hubcaps - to Plate or Not to Plate

2009-06-12 Thread Dave C. Bolen
Bert, When trying to find places to rechrome my OG Champagne Edition bumpers I found that the price was near astronomical and the wait was 6 months before they would touch them. When I say astronomical...I mean...$600 each!!! Much cheaper to buy the triple chrome from Wolfsburg west? Cheers