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• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:10:40 -0400
  Everything in the brake/clutch system has been been replaced over the last 3 years, master, clutch, slave, calipers, all rear brake components, etc...
• Re: replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 13:35:37 +0000
  ...replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5) > > I would spray the metal connections down with either PB Blaster or WD...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 16:33:40 -0500
  ...The engine does brake the vehicle, but then it accelerates it, obviating the braking effect. > > > > What jake brakes (more generically termed engine brakes or...
• Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 13:22:39 -0700
  ...The only caveat is > that you need to have 15" rims or larger to use the big brake kit. > > > Do any big brakes kits...
• Re: [Syncro] new brakes grind in tight turns when backing up
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:00:51 -0500
  ...I just did a complete brake job on the front brakes. > New rotors, rebuilt calipers, new brake pads. Everything is fine, except > when I...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Libby & Denise DeWolfe
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:02:15 -0500
  I had my brakes just done. New rear shoes, and turned drums. They still squeek, but work OK. Should just done brakes squeek, or...
• Brake light comes on at low revs
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 6 May 2002 10:23:52 -0400
  My brake light is coming on at low revs, even when I am not using the brake (ie: I shift into nutral while rolling...
• Help-need advice and mechanic in Davis CA
  Historical mailing list - Doug Alcock
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:48:01 -0700
  ...I'm figuring I blew a brake line --I'd hit the brakes harder than I've ever hit brakes in my life. I...
• Re: '91 Vanagon Brake Shoe Question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 12:13:32 -0800
  It is easy to put the brakes back together wrong. In particular the 2 stiff return springs can be installed reversed such that the...
• Re: emergency brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 17:41:31 -0800
  ...A possibility of what's really going on here is the arc of the brake shoes don't "match" the arc of the brake...
• Brake Line Fittings
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sun, 2 May 1999 17:57:32 -0400
  ...Brake Line Fittings > I was installing a set of stainless stell brake lines on my '84. I screwed > up the > threads on one side...
• Re: Rear disk brakes
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:03:57 -0400
  Spend money on the rear brakes. it is worth it in a Vanagon. You have no idea how much of a difference rear disk...
• Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:52:19 -0700
  It's the rear brakes. Disk brakes "self adjust" because the rubber piston seal retracts just enough to pull the pads back a fraction...
• Re: Why are my brakes dragging!!??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 8:50:12 PST
  > Jonny Miner writes, continuing the saga of dragging brakes: > I posted a few weeks ago about my brakes, recieved some tips, followed > some advice...
• Re: Handling + Stopping?
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 09:07:50 -0400
  ...What about that > emergency brake system built into the caliper? The rear brakes only do something like 30% of the work, so rear brake...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 12:40:56 -0800
  ...In the 85 and newer models VW > installed a brake fluid level warning switch instead. The 80-84 brake > switches have an extra wire...
• Re: brake bleeding question
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 30 Aug 2002 09:03:09 -0600
  ...brake bleeding question > > The biggest thing that I have found to make the pedal feel more firm is to > adjust the rear brakes properly...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:37:12 -0700
  The parking brake handle was improved several ways during the 1985 model year. The improved one is longer for better pulling leverage and is...
• Re: Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Jan 2010 00:29:54 -0500
  ...Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM, Luke Bakken <luke.bakken@gmail.com...
• Re: 77 Westy - Uneven brakes on front end after sitting a year.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:46:56 -0700
  ...The brakes release fine,just the uneven braking up front. These are ATE brakes, not Girling. Would appreciate any experience people have had with...
• what do I need for better brakes on 85
  Historical mailing list - Spencer Allen
  Tue, 24 Sep 2019 09:24:39 -0500
  The original old brakes on my 85 westy seem to be fading more and making sudden stops kinda scary. The brakes front & rear have...
• Brake pressure bleeder attachment
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:17:30 -0700
  ...Thanks! http://www.bmw-m.net/TechProc/bleeder.htm I'm in the office now and can't remember whether the brake reservoir had...
• Emergency Brake - not locking
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Thu, 20 Apr 2006 22:03:30 -0400
  ...He had the Van chained at both ends but he had to tilt the van on the bed several times making the brakes really...
• Re: Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:17:22 -0700
  Frank, The brake issue may in fact be a feature of the position of the rod but I have not considered it a serious...
• Follow up - parking brake questions. Was: Frozen emergency brake
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Sat, 9 Jan 2010 20:12:01 -0800
  ...I got in my van yesterday to drive it around and > discovered that the brakes weren't disengaging totally from using the > e-brake...
• Re: e-brake cable slipping off of brake shoe
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 15:44:16 -0400
  Havent heard of this one before.Have you recently done your back brakes?If so, something is amiss.If your brakes are improperly adjusted...
• Re: front brake and rotor job
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sat, 7 Feb 2004 13:16:35 -0800
  ...front brake and rotor job Does anyone know of a web page with instructions and photos for a front brake and rotor job for...
• Soggy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:20:01 -0400
  Okay, I've bled the brakes. My Westy Syncro still has a soggy brake pedal. If I pump, it gets a little better, but...
• Re: Causes of rear brake soft pedal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:00:38 -0700
  ...If you work on 'any' brake, even just one rear, I would as a minimum also bleed that brake. Brake fluid should be changed...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 20 May 2016 06:47:58 -0700
  ...Rear brakes on the Vanagon aren't that great anyhow. Making the parking brake tight enough to actually hold the vehicle on a hill...
• Re: here's a trick you seldom get to use ......bleeding clutch slave
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Wed, 8 Jul 2009 23:56:57 -0400
  Ok, but how do you put the hose in a jar of brake fluid if it's attached to the slave cylinder? Quoted from...
• 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:40:03 -0400
  Our friends drove their 90 Westy, for about 30 miles with the emergency brake engaged. Now, they indicate that their brakes are very soft...
• '80 Westi- new brakes, now how to adjust them?
  Historical mailing list - phil hans
  Thu, 22 Aug 2002 23:01:30 -0700
  Hi Volks, I put in new rear brakes the other day, as well as a new master cylinder. It went OK, if you want...
• Re: weird little brake noise
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 22:29:07 -0400
  ...When driving along at lower speeds (say, > under 30mph or so) i hear a light squeak-squeak-squeak > coming from the brakes (not quite...
• Re: LED brake lights may mess up your VW cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 17:31:54 -0700
  ...I know my Audiovox cruise grounds through the brake light, I'd probably encounter the same problem.
• Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:12:33 +1300
  Why do folk in the US call it an "emergency" brake" It's for parking ie a parking brake, or if hand-operated (as...
• Re: 85 Vanagon brake lights
  Historical mailing list - jimkim
  Tue, 7 Dec 1999 22:48:36 -0800
  Larry, brake light switch located on master cylinder, left side. remove the dash pod and you can see/feel it clearly.I've found...
• 1981 Vanagon Brake Servo Replacement?
  Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
  Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:21:58 -0500
  ...Today however I noted a clutch judder, checked the brake fluid reservoir, and discovered that I again had an almost empty brake fluid reservoir...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:18:44 -0800
  ...The brakes mostly work ok driving around but if I put the tranny in neutral as I slow for a stop the brakes will...
• Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 31 Aug 2022 19:15:56 +0000
  I am getting ready for a 2,500 mile Vanagon trek from San Diego to Northern Oregon and back.  (Tintop, '85, manual, stock brakes...
• Re: Need help w/ Diagnosing Brake Problem - Need to pump brakes to get stopping power
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 17 Jul 2006 10:17:09 -0400
  It sure sounds like your brake master cylinder has bad internal seals. If so, the cure is to replace the master cylinder, which you...
• Re: mileage
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 3 Dec 2007 22:04:11 -0800
  Scott, I'm referring to the spring encapusulated in the disc brake dust boot that aids in returning the brake piston. These can weaken...
• Re: Brakes...no van content.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 May 2007 06:43:40 -0700
  ...Get more air circulation onto your brake rotors somehow. Many racers use brake ducts to direct cool air right onto the rotors somehow. My...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 07:24:15 -0700
  Hi Eric, For those of us who will do our own brake replacement; are you meaning to use the more expensive "metalic" pads? And...
• Brake lining fell off brake shoe
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Wed, 11 May 2005 18:17:43 -0600
  ...The brake lining came off the brake shoe. It's not that the lining was worn thin (it's a good 5-6mm thick...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:54:01 -0500
  ...My brake bleed method. Get a clear plastic soft drink bottle. Get one helper,. Get plenty of DOT 4 brake fluid. Remove cover off...
• Re: Brake warning light on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:56:59 -0400
  To answer the original question, you can test the switches with an ohmmeter, wires unplugged, brakes applied and not. Each three-terminal switch has...
• Re: brake pedal going to floor
  Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
  Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:40:45 +0100
  ...brake pedal going to floor > When I am stopped at a light and press my brake pedal, it will go down > to the floor...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:08:56 -0700
  ...Defective rear brake pressure >regulator. > >The first two are easy to diagnose. Set the handbrake and hit the brake >pedal once. Let go, wait...
• Re: Brakes went out
  Historical mailing list - Melissa Mourkas
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 20:04:34 -0700
  I just purchased an 84 Westy and while the PO did most things right, he really didn't maintain or fix the brakes correctly...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 14:09:31 -0400
  ...The brake warning light in the instrument >> panel won't go out. Brake fluid is good (this van has the brake fluid >> level sensor...
• 84 vanagon- brake lines leaking
  Historical mailing list - Kapitan Ray Nemo
  Sun, 16 Jul 2000 22:57:46 EDT
  I hit the brakes and the pedal loses firmness about mid-push. I get out and check the brake fluid. Empty. (I've had...
• Re: Squish...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:22:30 -0400
  ...I don't notice it sinking if I > suddenly hit the brakes, or it I pump the brakes. > > No leaks at the wheels. Fluid...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 13:12:16 -0700
  I am looking for big brakes but doing nothing yet... Here is what I heard.. True or not I am not sure... - Rear disk...
• unclas diagnosis of brake issues - what do you all think? (was: Help...
  Historical mailing list - Thomas, Geoffrey
  Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:38:36 -0500
  ...Sticky (front) brake > calipers can do this. Same for brake shoes (in back). Riding around with your emergency brake on can make things nice...
• Newbie Questions
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 01 May 1996 16:08:33 GMT
  ...Do not use any other brake fluid, or brake fluid that has absorbed moisture from the open air, or brake fluid that is dirty...
• Re: braided SST brake lines
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 10:06:38 -0700
  ...Anyone actually suffer damage as a result (on any car) of using braided stainless brake lines? They seem to be a very common upgrade...
• Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:55:14 -0700
  ...Doesn't say good things about the parking brake as supplied...or is it called the Emergency Brake? Probably not called the E brake...
• Re: Brake question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 09:59:19 -0700
  ...if rear brakes need adjusting, make sure you adjust them before adjusting (if needed) your emergency brake cable. Neil. On 4/1/07, Evan...
• Re: WD40 Diplace or Wash Off Brake Fluid?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 13:41:34 -0700
  ...I bench bled a new brake master cylinder with a pressure bleeder then while doing the R&R I managed to leak brake fluid...