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• Re: Brakes & potential problems
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 15 May 2002 19:49:41 -0600
  ...I did the drum-brake adjust maneuver, backing up fairly fast 2-3 times and stopping abruptly. That improved the braking. I then did...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sat, 10 May 2003 17:14:17 -0600
  while I do agree you can do it, it is a lot easier to remove the drum and hub. Sometimes trying to remove the...
• SA Rear Drum Brakes at V-Cafe
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:18:04 -0800
  ...but isn't there some tale where its better to have a combination of both disc brakes and drum brakes, that all disc can...
• Re: Rear Brake Confusion - Dennis Haynes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:53:34 -0500
  ...Only a small area at the > end of the brake shoes contacts the drum. The drums are fairly new, - > less than a year old...
• Rear brake self adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 12 Aug 2022 17:36:40 -0700
  ...Also replaced brake lines, the correct slave cyl, hardware that looked bad, and freed up the lower drum mount. And I got the brakes...
• Re: Need rear brake backing plates (now rear Discs?)
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:11:32 -0600
  ...I would have done this but just got through putting on Heavy Duty rear drums and new BD brake shoes and my brakes are...
• Re: REAR WHEEL WOBBLE (FIXED!)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sun, 9 Jul 2006 19:43:12 -0700
  Many thanks to Mike and all who suggested the 11mm drum retaining bolts. I pulled off the back wheels and sure enough there was...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:26:14 -0800
  ...and there's not much danger of the drums falling off, like when removing a wheel. they're often stuck on. sometimes stuck on...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Sat, 22 Jan 2011 01:30:37 +0000
  It was explained to me by a tire shop manager that it is to keep the drum in place so the average Joe doesn...
• Mushy Brakes update
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 22:15:50 -0800
  ...Well, today, I pulled the rear drums and mic'd them - sure enough - the drums were 0.060 over the max spec. (Sorry, the...
• Re: hot brakes
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Sat, 10 Apr 2004 01:56:06 EDT
  ...one thing i had him do was to adjust my brakes because i just put in new drums and front disks. i could not...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 28 May 2016 10:12:37 -0700
  ...I suspect the Zimmerman drums have a different dimension to lip than, say an ATE drum. And most people don't have inspection-adjuster...
• Re: adjust parking brake?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 7 May 1998 13:24:13 -0700
  ...Attached to the threaded rod is a small cross piece; on each end of the cross piece another cable runs to each rear drum...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 May 2016 23:52:00 -0700
  ...It may just be my newb-ness using the brake shoe/drum callipers, but regardless of shoe brand, the mounted shoe OD, measured larger...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:00:30 -0700
  ...There is less pedal travel, better modulation and of course, much better fade resistance with a disc brake over a drum. First developed for...
• Re: Syncro-rear wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kasper
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 11:25:12 -0700
  bob, the rear studs are in the hub, not the drum. you take off the drum, and then pound out the studs. i replaced...
• Re: Ouestion about brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 10:49:15 -0800
  At 10:08 AM 03/12/98 -0800, you wrote: >Question, >Is it ever necessary to turn a new rotor or drum prior to...
• Why rear brakes are evil, and how to make them good.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:06:41 -0400
  ...I'm not sure if it is really worth turning rear drums. If the drums look smooth on the inside and are within limits...
• Re: rear brake adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 14:38:17 -0500
  ...My hub was really stuck to the drum so it didn't come off very easily when I tried to just remove the drum...
• Syncro-rear wheels
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Tue, 3 Sep 2002 12:06:43 -0600
  ...Is it much of a project to remove the drums and "beat" out the old studs? (not so much the drum removal but the...
• Re: Rear Brakes Seized?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 2 Nov 2010 07:53:49 -0400
  Give the drum some serious whacks with a hammer. Maybe apply torque with a pry bar between the studs at the same time. Did...
• Re: brakes breaks
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 20:04:12 -0700
  ...Manual adjustment of the shoes (following the Bentley instructions) might well help, or it may be that the drums are at the limit of...
• Re: Alloy wheel and drum bolt question,
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Press
  Thu, 22 Apr 2004 07:13:05 -0700
  ...Now I know with my alloy > wheels they do not allow the 2 little bolts to hold on the drum allowing a > very slight...
• Re: Rear brake self adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 13 Aug 2022 10:51:03 -0700
  ...Pull the drums and just take up the slack to the levers. If the lever holds any pressure against the push rod, adjuster screw...
• Re: Frustration in Brake Land
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 13:19:01 -0800
  ...One wheel cylinder was bad, I >replaced that and I also had a thin drum on one side. I put a new drum on...
• Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 6 May 2016 15:49:02 -0400
  ...The shoe do not > > remain aligned with the drum. Never pry a drum off with a lever between the > > backing plate and drum. Bad...
• Source??: Rear brake drum bolts
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:46:01 -0700
  There are 2 bolts that hold the rear brake drum on my 91 syncro: 7mm (size) by 12 mm (long) with a head size...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:06:34 -0800
  11 mm head on the brake drums and hydraulic lines and throwup bearing sleeve and reverse light side cap on the trannys. Early trannies...
• '64 Drums (was Re: '64 Tranny Problems)
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  21 Apr 1995 07:22:00 -0800
  ...Maybe I'll get lucky and find some brake drums at Vallejo this weekend, as I can't see paying $150/EA when I...
• Re: WBX Discs & Drums
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 05:31:27 -0700
  ...The rear drums generally go much farther before they have to be changed. Steve and Jo Ann Wacker San Marcos, Ca. 90 Carat 86...
• Re: rear wheel cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:53:03 -0700
  ...First of all, did you measure your > drums? Many times these are beyond the limits printed on the drum and > need to be replaced...
• Re: Brakes not letting go all the way in the rear? Clunk after stopping...
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Wed, 7 May 2008 09:57:51 -0700
  When pulling the drums, start with the side that has "mucked up" cable. And if it were me, I whould inspect each set of...
• Midwest Hardcore Campout this weekend
  Historical mailing list - Filcoff, David M.
  Thu, 24 May 2001 10:22:42 -0500
  ...The field is sooo big that the Drum lovers and Drum haters can coexist peacefully. No worries about loosing sleep from drums. Also, though...
• Re: German Brake Drums $39! - part # corrrection
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 9 Feb 2001 10:28:19 -0500
  ...www.busdepot.com (215) 234-VWVW > I just got word of a closeout on German brake drums for all Vanagons, at a > very good...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 20 May 2016 12:00:26 -0700
  ...setting e-brake pushes shoes closer to drum than foot pressure >> on pedal during >> normal driving, which in turn allows the adjuster to adjust...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 27 May 2016 22:33:23 -0400
  ...Not having the full surface of the shoe contact the > drum means less effective friction surface. There is a good chance > those drums you...
• Re: rear brakes ?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:33:22 -0400
  ...I could just turn the drum by hand, after banging around on it some.Too tight, the way I've always adjusted drum brakes...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:28:25 -0500
  ...You need to pull the rear drums, unhook the end of the brake cables from the lever inside the drum, and then remove the...
• '64 Tranny Problems
  Historical mailing list - McGinnis Terry
  19 Apr 1995 08:17:41 -0800
  ...I looked in the Bus Stop (Rocky Mountain Motorworks) catalog and found that they don't stock these parts (only post '64 drums are...
• Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 10:37:56 -0400
  ...Keep in mind that when you do use the brakes, it takes some time for the heat at the drum-shoe interface to travel...
• Re: rear brakes ?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:46:43 -0400
  ...As received from the box, the rear shoe with the lever is installed with the lever outside or towards the drum. The front shoe...
• Re: Rear Brake Question: uneven wear on new shoes or just bedding down?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:56:56 -0700
  ...My >> contention is the shoes just have not work to conform with the shape of >> the >> drum. That is also what the shop which...
• tight fit in new shoes
  Historical mailing list - Chris Gkikas
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:59:46 -0400
  ...I replaced my rear brake shoes and now the drum won't go on. I have the adjusting stars worked so that the shoes...
• Re: Low brake pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:45:50 -0400 (AST)
  >What would cause 'low brake pedal'? > >I just got new rear drums & brake shoes. I've checked the brake fluid brake shoes need adjusting...
• Re: Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 22:34:40 -0700
  ...OR.... > broken spring dragging on drum. > > This stuff should be in the archives. Off the top of my head, Ken > Wilford's rear shoe...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 May 2016 09:11:38 -0400
  Unless something is wrong or damaged in the bearings you can't move the drum too close by overtightening the flange nut. The lining...
• Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:36:52 -0700
  ...Obviously, a careful, drums off, rear brake inspection is in order. I wouldn't except the wheel cylinders to have suffered, unless from excessive...
• Re: Rear Brake Confusion - Dennis Haynes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:13:22 -0700
  ...Only a small area at the end of the brake shoes contacts the drum. The drums are fairly new, - less than a year old...
• Re: variable brake pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Mon, 1 Nov 2004 06:11:12 +0000
  ...This recess >means that while it is hard to slip the drum on the shoe is still >loose. Another reason while I believe that...
• Brake Drum Removing
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 20 Jul 94 08:52:56 PDT
  ...Thought I pull off the drum to inspect the inside. Check out Bentley's pg. 46.7 and it tells me to: - release parking...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 07:58:53 -0400
  ...the lower shoe mounts if needed to get full shoe to drum contact". How do you shim the lower brake shoe mount? And how...
• Re: Mexican gas?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:09:35 -0800
  ...I have bought Pemex gasoline hundreds of times, for my Vanagons as well as my outboards, even from drums when necessary. In places where...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 21:21:09 -0700
  ...a separate small drum brake in each rear wheel. Drum brakes work very well in certain applications for sure. Scott turbovans ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: Wheel cylinders with oem spring?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:57:29 +0000
  ...I adjust them until they just start to touch the drum. You should be able to slide the drums on easily (good drum with...
• Rear brake drum/shoe replacement - bleed brakes? grrr
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:49:47 -0600
  Hi, I just replaced the rear drums and shoes on my 91 Westy.� � I tried to follow the Bently to measure the adjuster "preset...
• Re: spinning rear lug nut
  Historical mailing list - Jvk
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:26:32 -0700
  ...Yes, just the drums - no shoes. A stud on the opposite side hub snapped during a trip to Bend a couple weeks back. The...
• Help Please-Rear End Noise!
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 13:54:14 -0700
  ...Just finished installing new rear brakes - shoes, drums, hardware, wheel cylinders - and now I have a definite "clunk" in the left rear, one clunk...
• Re: Soft shackles
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 1 Aug 2015 12:34:56 -0500
  ...gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I've seen a vehicle with sailing winch drums mounted to the > > wheels...long ago, so I've forgotten the details...
• Re: Vancouver area group purchase
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 24 Sep 2012 22:24:17 -0400
  ...Locally it is only available in 20L drums. If there is enough interest I would be happy to arrange a group purchase of a...
• Re: First Time Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:01:02 -0600
  ...From the Bentley, it appears that they have made a hole in the drum, and the adjustment is done by turning the drum so...