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• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Fri, 11 Jun 2021 21:43:04 +0200
  I have my own big brake system identically on two of my Vans (front Audi 57mm caliper with 312mm vented discs). So far, I...
• Re: Disc brake calipers
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 11 Aug 2001 17:37:55 +1200
  >Andrew wrote: >> >A couple of questions for the brake experts on the list. >> >Does the later 'floating' brake caliper have any braking advantages over...
• Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:44:13 -0400
  ...Hi listmembers, >> > >> > as some of you know, I developed a 4-disc brake setup for our Vanagons. >> > Since spring is on its way and...
• Re: Disc Brakes - 1988 GL
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 4 Dec 2015 17:22:12 -0600
  ...Disc Brakes - 1988 GL > > One final question. I have put the discs back on but have about a 1/8th > inch gap between the...
• Re: Led Brake lamps and audiovox cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 22:51:51 -0400
  How is the cruise control connected to the brake light circuit? Larry A. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 7:43 PM, WILLIAM WITZ...
• Re: Meineke Brake Job
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 9 Feb 2006 09:58:24 -0700
  "The Bill: $677.82, after a $117.05 "Big Brake Sale" Discount > > Is it me, or does that seem a little high?" Can't...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sat, 10 Sep 2011 11:53:44 -0400
  ...fwiw.. >I have talked to a professional tire and brake person who >'turnsevery disc, even new right out of the box' .. >and aother professional...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:39:40 -0500
  On Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:53:57 -0500, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: >The only proper way to adjust the brake cables...
• Re: Grounds
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 13 May 2001 08:37:29 -0700
  ...The 2 switches are still on the master cylinder but they only serve to trigger the rear brake lights. The warning logic is contained...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 18:36:24 -0800
  ...Tom --- Tom Salicos <Tom@SALICOS.COM> wrote: > I'm planning on buying a "Big Brake" front disk > brake kit from either > Van-Caf� or...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:08:59 -0700
  ...2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>> >>>> sounds like progress. >>>> I always put 'disc brake quiet' on the back of the pads myself. >>>> >>>> I wouldn't...
• 1986 vw westy for sale
  Historical mailing list - Nick Kalman
  Thu, 14 Oct 1999 16:12:21 -0400
  ...6 disc CD/CB/Gauges/Awning/racks driving lights/alarm 117K miles differential locker full kitchen Runs excellent. New brakes/muffler/starter/alternator/water...
• FS. 2003 Multivan $32,000 in Tuscaloosa, AL
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Sat, 21 Sep 2002 22:58:32 -0500
  ...and has the vr6 engine, fog lights, and automatic transmission and 4-wheel disc brakes. if you want the dealer info, lemme know. joel
• Re: Audi 100/200 dual piston callipers
  Historical mailing list - John Carpenter
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 18:42:51 EST
  ...SLC, UT My only comment to this is why rear discs? You do only 30% of your braking with the rear brakes. A new...
• Re: Rear disk brakes - proportioning valves?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:49:41 -0700
  Small Car uses some pretty large discs for their conversion - bigger than the Audi 5000S quattro I used to own. Does their kit include...
• Re: replacing rear brakes on 80 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:27:28 -0500
  ...This is likely the reason for brake squeal. There are some trick, it duck the cheap material, but I will not disclose those publicly...
• Re: rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Tue, 22 Nov 2011 04:55:52 -0600
  ...It should be noted that the Mk4 Jettas ate rear brake pads much faster than the fronts. This may be due to rear brake...
• B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:55:57 -0400
  ...Nothing in the rear (SmallCar rear disc brakes). Nothing on the front left. Ah. Drips from the front right. Swing around for a better...
• Re: Oh, the weather out side is delightful, the fire inside is frightful...
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:28:59 -0800
  Can you describe how you did the rear disc brakes? I'd really like those. Mike On 1/19/05 9:00 AM, "Kim...
• Thanks Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 2 Jun 2000 10:54:05 -0700
  Yesterday getting ready for a weekend camping trip, did a quick check on my '90 westy, discovered one front brake hose has a bulge...
• splash guard on disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:38:57 -0400
  I am curious what others have done about rusted out splash guards on the front brakes. I will be replacing the calipers some time...
• Re: On the road.................a couple of issues!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:18:18 -0600
  ...is a squeal - is likely a call for brake pads and possible having the brake discs turned. If the noise is a growl - then...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:12:01 -0400
  ...2011, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: >>> >>>> sounds like progress. >>>> I always put 'disc brake quiet' on the back of the pads myself. >>>> >>>> I wouldn't...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:31:27 -0700
  Some may find it interesting that brake discs are sometimes turned right on the car, using the car's engine and trans to turn...
• Re: Help Please, Lost Brakes :-(
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 6 Jun 2012 19:38:57 -0700
  ...and the emergency brake is > holding on a incline. > > It's a 1989 vanagon with the bostig setup. > > Both front discs and rear drums...
• Re: New Front Brake Rotor Question
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:16:57 -0700
  ...disc is suppossed to be of > the correct roughness as it comes out of the box, > or at least all the brake discs I...
• Re: Brakes....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 23 Jun 2005 15:22:26 -0400
  ...If they were 14's where the center was cut off and put on a new 15" rim, I believe the Big Brakes won...
• Re: Clicking under the dash?
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:10:22 -0400
  I'd check the clevis pin at the brake pedal. On 10/14/08, Jeff Palmer <jpalmer@mts.net> wrote: > Hi All, > > I noticed...
• '73 Uneven Braking
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 95 12:45:22 BST
  ...It feels as though the front left brake is not on all of the time, it's as if the brake is applied for...
• Re: forgot to loosen the parking brake adjuster
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Jun 2014 00:11:04 -0400
  ...forgot to loosen the parking brake adjuster Hello all, Rather than tire talk, I'm feeling a brake discussion. ;) I replaced my rear shoes...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 18:53:57 -0500
  The only proper way to adjust the brake cables is with the drums removed so you can see the lever position. The rear cables...
• Parts availability in Mexico
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Sun, 11 Mar 2007 13:44:54 -0400
  Yeap, another friend is stuck in Mexico (near Acapulco) with a broken front disc brake (1990), the bearing exploded and fissured the int�rior...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 14:04:18 -0400
  Also, don't forget to make sure the little button switch that the hand brake is supposed to push in is engaging so as...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:55:35 -0700
  ...Excerpt taken for Wikipedia which is accurate enough for this discussion. "Diesel engines do not have engine braking in the above sense. Unlike petrol...
• Re: Vanagon ABS
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:43:47 +0100
  ...4 wheel speed sensors 4 wheel speed sensor rings (toothed rings on the front brake disc/in rear bearing) 2 different rear bearing housings...
• Re: Steel brake lines, or "I'm coming to get you, Frank"
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 01:21:51 -0500
  Steel brake lines on Vanagons and other German cars are verysimilar to those on all cars EXCEPT for the flares. They are actually 45...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 09:46:03 -0400
  ...I’d almost recommend starting with the rear disc upgrade then a refresh on the front. My brakes are better but not as good...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:17:39 -0800
  ...Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes > > > >>I suspect this is very true. In the 10 years I have owned my 88 GL...
• Re: Does anyone have a good used rear brake backing plate?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 2 Aug 2010 15:58:50 -0700
  ...brake backing plate? > >> I was re-packing my CV's yesterday for the first time on my low-mileage >> '87 Westy, and discovered some...
• Re: Stainless Steel Brake Lines...brake performance tips
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Sat, 2 Sep 2000 18:11:42 PDT
  ...slotted rotors, bigger rotors, >rear discs, metallic pads, carbon pads (try www.carbothecheng.com ) , >silicon DOT 5 brake fluid, etc., etc. > >As with so...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 16:01:30 -0700
  ...Brake shoe retaining spring tool: http://www.mytoolstore.com/kd/kdbrak03.html Sears has 'em, NAPA has 'em, shoot, even your friendly local discount...
• Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 22:37:12 +0000
  In addition to the hand brake lever and low brake fluid level switches, this indicator is also tied into the alternator warning system and...
• Just got a shipment from Germany
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:07:00 -0500
  ...Tank Straps (stainless)- $275 Syncro Rear Brake Cables (left or right)- $75 each Syncro Front Brake Disc Dust Shield (stainless)- $150 pair Syncro Diff...
• Re: [Syncro] 15" wheels
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Sun, 10 Mar 2002 08:27:36 -0600
  What about rear disc brakes? Has anyone done it? What's on the new SA Vanagon? AB euromog@aol.com wrote: > In a message...
• tires and weights
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Fri, 25 Mar 2005 12:04:20 -0500
  ...discussion on rims, tires, and offsets take it to the BRICKYARD they have a lot of High HP vanagons running German look brakes and...
• Re: mystery hose disconnected
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:08:30 -0500
  ...your brake booster hose is on the other side as you describe. this hose has nothing to do with that, its not a vacuum...
• Re: Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 16:55:16 +0000
  ...http://www.stoptech.com/technical-support/technical-white-papers/-warped-brake-disc-and-other-myths Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message ----- > I remember reading somewhere, I...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes
  Historical mailing list - GMac999
  Sun, 4 Mar 2007 23:17:26 -0800
  ...Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes Either Tom, Will you be considering a larger rear brake setup as well? I don't think it is...
• Re: Led Brake lamps and audiovox cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:26:52 -0700
  Hey William, I'd be tempted to install a separate switch, on the brake lever itself (like you get with the GoWesty Rostra kit...
• Re: Brake job (1962) - STIL
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  1 Feb 1996 10:02:31 -0800
  ...appropriate tools to work on drum brakes to remove/install springs and retainer "nails"/discs, drum brakes are a pain. Requires a fair amount...
• Re: dragging caliper
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sun, 14 Aug 2016 21:21:42 -0700
  ...hopefully there's no ridge on the edge of the disc.. and you can remove the big bolts, undo the brake line, and pry...
• Re: Pre-state insepction repair - somewhat URGENT
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Thu, 28 Sep 2006 12:08:46 -0700
  ...The left & right side do dual duty as brake & turn signals, as they do on most american cars. The Vanagon of course uses separate...
• ABS / Subaru
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Fri, 12 May 2000 14:51:21 -0600
  ...When you disconnect the pump (and controller) you have returned the car to conventional-only brakes as you have disabled the mechanism which relieves...
• Re: Shocks and brake job, one question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:50:15 -0700
  ...I disconnected the clutch hose and capped it. I did not have rebleed > my clutch as the bubbles flowed up into the brake MC...
• Moderator Re: Disc Brake Setup Photos
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Apr 2009 16:42:03 -0400
  At 03:51 PM 4/8/2009, BenT Syncro wrote: >but actively encouraged. I consider this Vanagon Porn and totally >appropriate. I'm sure...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 11:24:07 -0400
  ...I was honestly pretty disappointed I spent 2k on disc brakes all around and it wasn’t much better than stock. I really notice...
• Re: Warped discs and silly honda theories
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sat, 20 Jul 2002 01:37:32 +0100
  ...Seat here used to be an example, using lighter weight Fiat running gear, but soon upped their discs sizes - only when pushing the car...
• Re: Splicing damaged brake pipes???
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:24:45 -0400
  ...Compression fittings are not safety-approved for use in brake lines. You may fail a state vehicle inspection, if it's discovered. Also, each...
• Re: Brake Fluid Changing?
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Wed, 2 May 2001 09:43:08 -0400
  ...This has been discussed extensively during that time. The search will go much faster. I've never done this, but know I have read...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:01:39 -0500
  Doesn't the number of clicks vary between the early style parking brake lever and the later type? Mike Dennis Haynes wrote: > The only...