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Rear brakes squeel, '81 van
Historical mailing list - Beth Young
Fri, 10 Jan 1997 08:13:03 -0800 (PST)
I recently re-did the rear brakes - shoes and drums - on my '81 and I'm getting a squeel and grinding sound when I...
Re: emergency brake doesn't work well? - Non VW content
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 22:36:05 -0600
...rear shoes are worn towards a true fit to the drums and it could relate to the amount of brake dust your drums are...
Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:17:45 -0400
...rear brakes. So, Alex and I removed the retaining bolts on the rear drums, but they appear to be "frozen" on to the rear...
Re: Another Different Rear Brake Question: Kink in centerbore of drum
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:37:39 -0400
Can the van be driven with that drum installed? I would think that if the brakes were applied and there was no pulsating, that...
87 Rear Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Terry K.
Sat, 25 May 2002 23:01:40 -0500
Hey all--- I have a deal fo your econo minded Vanagonites---- I have a pair of rear brake drums, that have just had their...
Re: drum brake woes
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 17 Aug 2013 17:05:19 -0500
...drum brake woes Volks: I've replaced my brake lines and installed new drums, shoes, cylinders, and hardware on my rear brakes. The hydraulic...
Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:49:35 -0400
...rear brakes. So, Alex and I removed the retaining bolts on the rear drums, > but they appear to be "frozen" on to the rear...
Urgent Question about Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Ed Shultz
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 10:47:21 -0500
...The rears wont fit properly because of the 2 hex screws on the outside face of the brake drums. Should I just remove them...
Re: need hints to remove rear 73 drums
Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
Fri, 15 Jul 94 12:38:43 PDT
...Muir says just take the > wheel off, remove the 2 little bolts and pull the drum off and look at the > brakes. My drums...
Re: Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:34:49 -0700
...Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now > Ken is right about the radius of new shoes not matching worn > drums. I put on new...
Re: [Syncro] 15" wheels
Historical mailing list - andrewbell
Sun, 10 Mar 2002 08:27:36 -0600
...brakes for the front and stay with the 14" drum/shoe > brakes in the rear? .... or is there an upgrade for the rear too...
Why rear brakes are evil, and how to make them good.
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:06:41 -0400
...Finally the rear drums can cause major pulsing pedal that you would think is coming from the front brakes because it is so pronounced...
painting brake drums
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Sun, 8 Dec 2002 09:21:23 -0800
Last time I installed a set of rear brake drums they became very rusty very quickly. Should I have painted them before installation? This...
Re: Brakes oddness
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:16:18 -0700
...the parking brake on too! My rear drums were already in need of some adjustment and the heat expanded the rear drums such that...
Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:13:42 -0600
...sells. > Stock rear vanagon brakes are shoe/drum, not pad/rotor like the fronts. Driving that far with the E-brake on may have...
Re: Wheel cylinders with oem spring?
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:57:29 +0000
...So I would check your rear brakes first. I adjust them until they just start to touch the drum. You should be able to...
adjusting new rear brakes?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Fri, 14 Jun 2002 17:17:37 EDT
Any ideas on adjusting newly installed rear brake shoes. Bentley says to adjust shoe outer diameter to 9.87 inches. Lets say I don...
Re: Removing rear brake drums?
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:07:00 +1200
>How do I check the rear brakes? What is the best tool for the job? shaped charge
Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:23:11 -0700
...Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions? > Did you seriously just suggest taking off the big nut, as a "simple" > solution to pulling the brake drum...
Re: Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:48:23 -0700
...Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Date: Monday, September 29, 2008, 11:26 AM > Don, > As you have...
Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:58:51 -0500
...I didn't want rear disc brakes because of any sense of "bling bling". I wanted additional braking capability....IN THE REAR. I tow...
Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:41:56 -0400
...Mcneely wrote: >Now, if drum brakes are less effective than disc brakes, why do so >many vehicles have rear drums? Vanagon content here in...
Re: Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - Fredrich Hesterberg
Sun, 11 May 2003 01:49:31 -0500
...Rear Brakes while I do agree you can do it, it is a lot easier to remove the drum and hub. Sometimes trying to...
Re: adjusting rear brakes! removing rear drums
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 23 Dec 2014 10:41:00 -0600
...adjusting rear brakes! > > >
Re: rear brakes ?
Historical mailing list - John Meeks
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:01:42 -0400
...Don~ First time I removed the rear drums from my 85, I would describe my tapping more as "pounding" using a rubber mallet. The...
Help on Brake Drum.
Historical mailing list - Mike White
Fri, 21 Apr 1995 14:06:23 MST
...Replacing a rear brake cylinder in my friends '65 Kombi. I can't get the brake drum off for the life of me. Tried...
Re: Rear Brake Confusion - Dennis Haynes
Historical mailing list - Jerry
Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:43:34 -0500
...rear brake problem on my 88 GL. Only a small area at the > end of the brake shoes contacts the drum. The drums are...
Re: Parking Brake Slipping
Historical mailing list - Gary Shea
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:38:40 -0600
...to get the rear brakes serviced, but > would rather handle it on my own. > > Thanks, > > Joe That's right, the drums are held on...
Re: Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Sun, 11 May 2003 14:17:50 EDT
...Well, it's not. >> Well, one does not HAVE to remove the hub cum brake drum, but it is a lot easier and less...
Re, Rear brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Wed, 25 Oct 2000 20:26:02 -0500
...If you have access to a torch, heat up the center of the drum, around the hub casting, and the drum will almost jump...
Re: Help now! Damn Strange brake problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 15 Aug 2004 00:25:14 -0400
...I didn't put the drum on straight. the rear wheel's wobbling. Take it off, take drum back off. Make dammmn sure it...
Help now! Damn Strange brake problem
Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
Sat, 14 Aug 2004 23:12:07 EDT
In atlanta a coupla days ago hit something in the road and it put a hole in my rear drivers steel brake line (the...
Brake Drum Nut
Historical mailing list - Hotch
Wed, 30 Oct 1996 16:32:45 -0500
...for that bigger than a 36mm nut that holds the rear brake drums on (really holds them on, got the breaker bar waitin) -- Hotch...
Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
Historical mailing list - H R
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:46:28 -0800
...Each wheel has one disk brake for normal driving/braking, and one minature drum brake, about 1/3 the size of the vanagon rear...
Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:22:09 -0400
...vanagon parking brake in theory applies braking to both rears. Mis- >adjustment of brakes may mean one drum gets more brake pressure than >the...
Re: Rear Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - mike miller
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 07:58:15 -0700
...Rear Brake Drums > >I find my rear drums > >pretty solidly frozen to the hubs... is there a special puller or > >extractor for it, or...
Re: Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:19:08 -0700
...Rear brake shoe replacment= crappy pedal now > > > > Ken is right about the radius of new shoes not > matching worn > > drums. I put on new...
Re: adjusting rear brakes! removing rear drums
Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
Tue, 23 Dec 2014 08:03:34 -0500
...Anyone have a method of removing the rear drums? > The shoes are retracted and the drum wiggles so it is not stuck to the...
Re: First Time Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:31:22 -0600
...The drums were smooth, and there was at least half of the lining still on the shoes!!! No brake change here!! I put the...
Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:27:42 -0500
...modification to up size the rear brakes, but suspect that they didn't because upgraded stock size drums were available through the SA group...
Re: Rear Brake Drum Puller
Historical mailing list
13 Dec 96 07:06:11 PST
...Get big screwprydriver and place between drum and plate that holds the brake goodies. With other hand use judiciously applied smacks with a hammer...
Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
Tue, 9 Jun 1998 13:57:28 -0400
...Thank you for any > information. > > Tim G > 87 gl syncro(166k) Tim, If the Syncro rear brakes are anything like the 2WD rear brakes...
Re: Urgent Question about Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 08:05:50 -0800
...Urgent Question about Brake Drums > Hi All, > > I'm installing my new 15" Passat rims on my '87 Syncro. The rears wont fit > properly...
Re: nut mm rear wheel
Historical mailing list - Calle Fallberg
Wed, 5 May 2004 20:17:57 +0200
...off to check the rear brakes (despite > what the Bentley says). > > All you need to do is pull the drum... remove the two small...
Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes - non stock rears
Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 20:55:00 EST
...is rapid cutting of the brake drums. Probably need to be replaced every 50K miles. Although the rear clearly grips up strongly, there is...
Re: First Time Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 6 Jan 2004 14:33:16 -0600
...The drums were smooth, and there was at least > half of the lining still on the shoes!!! No brake change here!! > > I put the...
Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 20 May 2016 00:01:10 -0700
...I've replaced nearly every part in my rear brakes. The shoes are so close to the drums, I have to leave the adjuster...
Re: Urgent Question about Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Sat, 24 Feb 2001 12:07:37 -0500
...Urgent Question about Brake Drums > Hi All, > > I'm installing my new 15" Passat rims on my '87 Syncro. The rears wont fit > properly...
Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:46:32 -0600
...rear brakes. So, Alex and I removed the retaining bolts on the rear drums, > but they appear to be "frozen" on to the rear...
Re: Brake Noises
Historical mailing list - neil n
Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:04:24 -0700
...Could it be the rear drum is rubbing against the inner pad? > > How should I resolve this? I thought the rear brakes were self...
Re: Squealing Through Curves
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Mon, 14 Mar 2005 16:48:45 -0500
...from droplets of brake fluid (leaking from the wheel cylinder) mixing with brake dust and adhering to the inside of the drum... when I...
Re: Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 17 Dec 2014 15:36:50 -0600
...I used the parking brake to verify that > the sound is the rear drums. > > I replaced the shoes and drums about 2 1/2...
JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:00:36 -0700
...What they did not know is that 1) the rear drums only have about 10K miles on them 2) I inspected the rear brakes...
forgot to loosen the parking brake adjuster
Historical mailing list - Jimmy Johnston
Sat, 14 Jun 2014 16:42:42 -0400
Hello all, Rather than tire talk, I'm feeling a brake discussion. ;) I replaced my rear shoes, drums and cylinders on my 1991 Gl...
Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:36:57 -0400
...the rear brakes twice, and STILL the brakes engage somewhere around half to > two thirds down. I'm quite certain my drums are a...
Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:04:45 -0400
...The rear (drum) shoes need adjusting. > > ***I think this diagnosis is quesitonable....i replaced shoes, drums and > wheel cylinders on both reare brakes. Before...
Re: how hot should; CV's, rear Wheel bearings & brake hubs.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:41:28 -0700
...how hot should; CV's, rear Wheel bearings & brake hubs. > Adjusting drum brakes is voodoo to me, a complete black art. That's why...
Rear drum thickness
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Sun, 2 Jun 2002 00:52:27 -0700
I've been working on my rear brakes, and so far it has not been a difficult job. One tip: I noticed that the...
Re: Frustrated with removal of Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Paul B.
Wed, 17 Mar 1999 14:20:31 -0800
...the brake drums last week > >I decided to try and replace my rear brakes. But I can not get the > >rear drums off!! ... > > Did...
Re: are all year brake drums the same?
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Tue, 14 Feb 2006 08:47:24 -0500
...rear drums are the same. The front rotors are not. > > Mark > > Matthew wrote: > > >folks, i have a few set of slightly used brake drums...