Holding Pattern...

I haven't managed to make much progress in the last few weeks. This is mainly because all the other parts of my life have been screaming for attention. As such I have worked about 2 hours on the Beetle since my last posting.

The new puller is much better quality and has, so far, resisted all my attempts to break it.

Unfortunately the hub has also resisted all my attempts to shift it. Even with the puller up as tight as I can go with an enormous breaker bar. Therefore before resorting to using heat I decided to try and make the puller's life easier.

The first task was to free the brake cylinder from the back plate so it can easily be drawn forward with the drum (when it eventually moves).

I've started the arduous second task, which is cutting the seized adjuster bolts in half. This is much harder than it sounds because I'm having to use a hand held mini hacksaw blade and work through a hole about the size of a two pence piece.

In the mean time the axle tube oil boots have decided to give up the ghost. I think the fact that they're sitting at their most extreme angle for the first time in nearly thirty years was too much for them. For now I've just added them to my todo list and left them to drip.