Our job was to get our 1984 VW Rabbit GTI survivor back up and running. We were not trying to strip down this original paint, two-owner car to bare metal and restore the entire thing. Think refurbishment, not restoration.
While we body required a few small touch-ups, the chassi…
We then pressed in new wheel bearings and installed new wheel cylinders and shoes.
Pressed in new bearings? Surely your joking. 
What i did to my 78 Golf/Rabbit was use rear brakes from a VW Dasher or maybe it was a pickup...hard to remember exactly since 1988...they are larger but use the smaller Rabbit wheel cyl.or you have way to much rear braking....they will lock up really quick with the larger cyl.
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