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• Re: Need advice on Brake issues
  Historical mailing list - Edward
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 18:18:32 -0500
  ...If the rears are causing a pulse it will be >apparent. > >It is common for the rear drums to be damaged if they were...
• Re: Brake service questions
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Jul 2000 13:48:53 -0700
  ...it necesary to > replace the rotors and drums? > > 2) When replacing the rotors and/or drums, go with new or or just have the...
• Re: VW Necessity...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:34:15 -0800
  Retaining bolts for rear drums are 11mm head. Some of the hydraulic fittings too? Mark Alistair Bell wrote: > nope, wasn't one of them...
• Re; Pop Top Color Restoration
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sun, 10 Sep 2000 12:54:34 -0500
  ...The concrete companies around here use this stuff to make the faded paint on their mixer drums look new. Pour a 5 gal can...
• Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:56:57 EST
  I have new rear drums and brake shoes on my 82 Westy. The adjuster is screwed in all the way but the e-brake...
• Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 27 Nov 2002 08:19:24 EST
  Mitch said: "It should be called the 'emergency make-the-car-smell-funny lever" Or, the "warp my drums and ruin my brake shoes...
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 21:19:45 -0700
  Body seams, plastic over lights, metal pipes front to back for cooling, rear drum brakes, ... On 4/17/03 8:24 PM, "Andrew Grebneff...
• Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Brake Drums?
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Fri, 30 Jan 2004 16:12:23 EST
  In a message dated 1/30/2004 1:07:36 PM Pacific Standard Time, wilden1-1@sbcglobal.net writes: I wouldn't doubt that...
• Re: Master cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Foss - Shazam
  Mon, 26 May 2008 22:41:34 -0700
  ...especially the rear drums. Here is what is correct, and the correct order for the rear brakes - get the drums off, it can be...
• Re: Rear Brake set up-The spacers
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:25:28 -0400
  ...It should be >>> noted that most air brake drum set ups on trucks work the same way, > (slack adjusters). >>> >>> >>> >>> Now this works well if...
• Re: OEM vs Aftermarket -- WAS: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:45:17 -0600
  ...where is the best buy for drums and > rotors? > > Funny thing about some of the aftermarket parts: if you look closely, > you > see where...
• Re: Name that part...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 3 Mar 2007 15:57:28 +0000
  ...Using a screwdriver to pry the drum off is the usual cause of bending. Once bent, the sympton is it become difficult to get...
• Re: THANKS - Report (brakes)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:34:06 -0700
  ...Finally, if there is any wear lip on the edge of the drum braking surface get the drums turned and install new shoes. Mark...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:01:39 -0500
  ...After this, install the drums and > adjust the brakes as needed using only the inside adjuster. The normal > adjuster will now take care of...
• Rear wheel noise
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Fri, 14 May 2021 00:50:36 +0000
  ...Does a noise during a right turn indicate the problem is the right-side wheel? I have cut a 1/16 off the drum...
• HELP! Stuck Parking Brake!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Route87
  Sun, 3 May 1998 14:53:05 EDT
  ...think it'd screw up my brake (especially drums...everything's hidden behind the drum!) What do I do?? I tried move forwards & backwards...
• Re: 84 vangon trouble with breaks
  Historical mailing list - DaveC
  Sun, 24 Mar 2002 11:23:55 -0800
  ...The reason the pedal goes so far on the first push is because the shoes haven't contacted the drum yet. A second pump...
• STRANDED: L.A. Vanagon Syndrome!!!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Fox
  Tue, 30 Mar 2004 11:34:27 -0700
  My buddy, Tommy Drum a fellow listee is stranded in Los Angeles, CA with what sounds like a bad case of Vanagon Syndrome. His...
• Re: Huge Nut on Rear Drum
  Historical mailing list - Scott De Santi
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:50:33 EDT
  You don't need to take the nut off... invest that socket money in a good ball peen hammer....24 oz or better. With...
• Re: Things are getting interesting . . .
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Sat, 11 Jan 2003 19:49:45 +0100
  > Seems > it connects to, drum roll please, the idle stabilization control unit . > . . at one end. Now, where does the other end connect? Bentley, here...
• Rear brake
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:20:39 -0400
  ...Yet if the shoe to drum force is not present, the cable moves normally. Been there done that. Stan 80 vanagon diesel, 87 syncro.
• Re: Why are my brakes dragging!!??
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 5 Dec 1994 10:12:01 -0800
  ...If I adjust the shoes (via the adjusting stars) > away from the drums, they work fine for a few miles and then start > dragging...
• Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 07:57:40 -0600
  ...david@volkswagen.org -- > > The rear (drum) shoes need adjusting. ***I think this diagnosis is quesitonable....i replaced shoes, drums and wheel cylinders on both...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:21:07 -0700
  ...worth considering. > > Even the Syncro 16 and my LT 4x4 have drums in the rear. > > David Marshall > VW Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider...
• Re: Brakes & potential problems
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 15 May 2002 22:01:16 -0700
  ...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: Brake Upgrades
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:36:16 EST
  ...I think the rear brakes (drum) are bigger too. If you could find someone who was importing stuff from South Africa maybe they could...
• Re: sticking rear shoe?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Mon, 4 Oct 2004 13:49:51 -0400
  ...Are the drums hot? Ken Lewis 86 Transporter Crew Cab 60 356 T-5 Porsche http://neksiwel.20m.com/ Vanagon tech, pixs, O2 monitor...
• Rear Disc Brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Adrian
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:53:12 -0700
  Just thought I would ask if anyone out there has tackled a rear drum to disc conversion. If so what parts did you use...
• Re: Alternative Vanagon heaters - Zodi's, Tankless Water Heaters
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 11:52:00 -0700
  ...System was filled with water and antifreeze. > Outside was a drum fitted with a coil of copper tubing down inside and > the drum was...
• Re: LOUD 'Clank' in read end when turning?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Tue, 14 Feb 2006 15:21:20 -0800
  break shoes hitting drum inside.. mine started to do this, i found that the cyl is leaking on the drum, this causes the shoes...
• Re: Solved?? Re: further measuring of new GW brake shoes vs old generic brand shoes
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 27 May 2016 11:06:13 -0700
  ...edge closest to the backing plate is greater than edge nearest drum. If that makes sense. On 5/27/16, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net...
• Re: Brake Shoe Lower Mount Shims: Make-Install Shim Over Pins?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 8 Jun 2015 11:13:40 -0400
  ...With new drums the most > you will get in place of a shim is 1mm on the front shoe. Most of the other > shoes...
• parts washer...
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:17:54 -0300
  ...Got a plastic sink, decent sized, and an empty 5gal steel kerosene drum. Put 2 gals of Varsol in it, ran a drain from...
• Handbrake Woes - Sorted :-)
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:25:06 -0000
  ...Replaced the drums & manually adjusted the threaded rod through the hole in the back plate until the shoes were almost touching the drums (but...
• Re: Tech tip #2
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 13:40:43 EDT
  I have the lug nut torque values written on the drums. It gives the stoned grease monkeys a good laugh at Tired America as...
• Re: Brakes Stuck.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:06:50 -0500
  ...As for now, i'm escaping this land of frozen brake drums, to head south for a week or so in Florida! Enjoy your...
• Re: replacing rear brakes on 80 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Stefan Weir
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 22:10:26 EST
  ...Luckily I had drums on my parts van that were A-OK. I didn't want to mess with the rear brakes for two...
• My other car won't start, 'cause i messed with the brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Rooob OOOSborn
  Sat, 9 Nov 2002 01:35:41 -0600
  ...Is there a sensor that I have damaged or soiled in the rear brake drum, that is telling my computer not to allow the...
• Re: Parking Brake vs Left in Gear - Siezed Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:57:42 -0500
  ...It sounds like the brake cables are rusted.Is it ice, in the brakes freezing on the shoes and drums? I suppose they can...
• Re: drum brake adjustment/f
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 1996 13:38:11 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-08 00:24:35 EDT, Claralw@aol.com writes: >in regards to the poundy thing (there must be...
• Re: Words to avoid, was: Apology for "Jap" comment
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Fri, 17 Dec 1999 12:01:00 -0600
  ...although we are, have you seen the price of 181 brake drums?) early in the morning. Chris Smith '82 Westy '74 Thing Too much...
• some parts 4 sale.
  Historical mailing list - Joe Hughes
  Mon, 19 Aug 2002 23:18:38 EDT
  ...Wheels Hub caps Louvered windows Tie rod assemblies Brake drums
• Oil Presssure Sender Thread Pitch
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Tue, 25 Jan 2005 11:54:55 -0500
  ...For future reference (and searches) it's (drumroll) M10 X 1.0 Now to find an adapter to get to NPT... --tabe johnson xtabe...
• OEM vs Aftermarket -- WAS: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:02:32 -0800
  Funny thing about some of the aftermarket parts: if you look closely, you see where the VW symbol has been ground off or covered...
• Re: diff.dope & rear drum shoes ETC.
  Historical mailing list - Todd P Last
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:35:00 -0700
  Not quite sure I understand the entire email, but I do agree about Red Line Water Wetter. I use it in all my water...
• Re: rear brakes ?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Michal
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:04:40 -0700
  ...The mechanic at the filling > station did the whacking with the hammer and pulled > the right rear drum off my 90 GL with what...
• Re: Near New Brake Drum: Crack or casting flaw?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 21:34:27 -0700
  ...Is that near Shenzen, or Hong Kong? I think my > drums are from there. They have evident uneven wear ........ > > Also, I found that alt...
• Re: brake adjuster clip
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 May 1996 02:38:13 -0400
  Hey all, as long as we're talking drum brakes: I'm doing the fronts on my '66 and on each backing plate (left...
• Re: Tires/upper balljoint/steering rack work. Report
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:08:28 -0800
  ...old enough you'd already have a tool like that - a drum brake > adjuster is exactly what you've described and I've used...
• was Brakes Stuck. Now bURINGvAN 08
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:48:03 -0800
  ...All it takes is moisture on > the rear brake shoes and a little time to rust the suckers to the > drum. Last time it...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 26 Mar 2010 08:30:13 EDT
  In a message dated 3/26/2010 3:50:39 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, janne.ruohomaki@GMAIL.COM writes: but on Fridae I...
• Brake problem continued
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Wed, 28 Nov 2001 10:07:54 -0500
  ...Pulled rear drums and hubs today. Looked at adjusters and seemed to be correctly installed. Thru the brake adjuster hole on the backing plate...
• Brakes (upgraded and standard)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Mon, 21 Jun 2004 00:53:14 -0400
  ...it does this by the mechanical application of calipers (and brake shoes) to the front discs (primarly, but also to the rear brake drums...
• Re: Eurovan brake vibration
  Historical mailing list - Reece Isaac
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 23:51:59 +0000
  ...Is yours 2 discs and 2 drums or 4 discs? If it's the former have you had the drums checked? Reece 81 Passat...
• for sale
  Historical mailing list - rob le duc
  Thu, 29 Mar 2001 16:55:51 MST
  ...no rot will not ship SE mass all brakes rotors, calipers & drums lower grille ... make an offer happy volksin rob 86 syncro 90 gl...
• Re: Parking brake cable loose yet brakes are locked - 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Wed, 26 Feb 2003 08:14:51 -0500
  Mike the shoes are stuck to the drum this happens when the van is left parked with the brake on mostly from rust but...
• FS: Rear wheel assembly parts
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 11 May 2004 19:10:11 -0700
  ...Brake drums 5. Brake shoe hardware 6. Bolts holding axle assemble to rear trailing arm Make an offer; if acceptable it will be yours...
• Rear brake spring
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:38:02 -0700
  I've got a busted rear drum spring (87 Syncro,)---one of the long ones that pulls the bottom end of the shoes together...
• Re: Very soft brake pedal unless it is pumped?
  Historical mailing list - Kurt Camealy
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:54:15 -0500
  ...I followed the Bentley exactly on the rear drum adjustment. I even tightened the adjusters until there was drag on the drums then backed...
• Re: ka klunk noise
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Oct 2003 07:07:08 -0400
  ...could it be cv's or possibly rear drums. within the last two years i have repacked the rear cv's and redid rear...