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Re: E-brake relocation
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:07:55 -0500
...E-brake relocation > > > It's a simple modification. If you want an underdash pull-out > ("umbrella-type") handbrake lever, find a suitable item at...
Re: Lockers -- how hard to install LLSD?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 10 May 2011 16:02:24 -0700
...in a simple dune buggy installation there's a parking brake lever ( often vertical where you can grab it easily ) for each rear wheel...
Help! Brake bleeding and Brake pressure regulator
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Sun, 14 May 2006 15:31:38 -0400
...Bentley talks about pushing the lever on the brake pressure regulator toward the rear axe while bleeding. I think that instruction is from another...
Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 15:46:50 +0000
...Here's the thing: I've owned my '85 Tintop for 33 years. I've pulled on the Parking Brake lever countless times. Yes...
Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Mon, 2 Sep 2019 15:16:52 -0500
...of adjusting the brake bias as more load is placed on the truck. >>> >>> The ’88 Westy does not have a lever on its proportioning...
Re: Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake spring function (purpose)
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Fri, 6 May 2016 17:18:20 -0700
...Rear Brakes: E-brake lever lube, E-brake > spring function (purpose) > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <javascript:;> > > > > Ah, ok. Shoulda known better re: shims...
Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 17:01:00 +0000
...Thus the levers not fully returning. This van has a front brake upgrade and while here it is getting rear disks. Still while they...
Re: '85 Parking Brake Problems
Historical mailing list
Tue, 3 Jan 1995 14:03:08 -0800 (PST)
It turned out ot be nothing more than overly tight rivets on the new brake shoes (the levers that actuate the parking brake). So...
slip sliding parking brake grip - A poetic pictorial essay
Historical mailing list - Bret Berger
Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:41:27 -0600
I recently replaced the stone-age engineered parking brake lever on my 1982 diesel Westfalia with the space-age engineered 1985 model. Big improvement...
Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:51:41 -0500
...yank those early parking brake handles on pretty firmly, > you still don't get much leverage on the brake drum shoes. > it's really...
Re: Emergency break adjustment
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:47:11 -0400
...The owner's manual even mentions that the hand brake lever needs to be down for the driver's seat to swivel. Again the...
part # for e-brake handle?
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:33:01 EDT
...It's just a plastic grab handle from VW that slips over the parking brake metal lever and dresses it up a bit. Mine...
Re: Needed: parking brake from 85+ Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 27 Dec 2010 16:06:06 -0800
...parking brake from 85+ Vanagon > Hello List members, > > I would like to replace the non-functioning parking brake lever in my > 1982 diesel Westfalia...
Re: Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Mon, 27 Oct 2003 12:52:38 EST
...If I recall correctly, adjusting the brake lever is like adding brake fluid -- it means something else is wrong. Don't do it. If...
Brakes still going to the floor
Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
Fri, 23 Oct 2009 23:22:37 -0400
...which I guess is the top of the brake lever hitting something in the brake drum or some bracket. Does anyone have any ideas...
Re: badly rusted mystery part
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:54:42 -0500
Anyone have a link to or source for such an adjustable brake regulator? Allan neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> writes: > Good suggestion. > At one...
Re: Power to Standard Steering Conversion
Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:36:23 -0700
...brakes. If you are going the other direction, you'll want the steering knuckles from a manual-steering van to provide the extra leverage...
Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
Historical mailing list - Michael Magnani
Mon, 2 Sep 2019 16:10:43 -0700
...of adjusting the brake bias as more load is placed on the truck. >>>> >>>> The ’88 Westy does not have a lever on its proportioning...
Re: No Clutch-Thankks
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:05:37 +0000
...That is the brake and clutch master cylinder right? I also see a plastic hose brake line going to a galvanized steel housing down...
WTB: Hand Brake Cable - the middle one
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Fri, 5 Jul 2002 08:11:24 -0400
Good point Ralf The cable that I need is the one that runs from the hand brake lever back down the middle of the...
Re: Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:41:18 -0600
...When set up correctly you can hear the lever click as it turns the wheel when the foot brakes are applied. > > > > Bleeding, Brake fluid...
Re: Rear Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Gary Stearns
Thu, 26 Oct 2000 07:28:24 -0400
I just did the rear brakes on our '88 about 2 weeks ago. Getting the drums off proved to be a real battle. We...
Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 27 May 2013 09:24:34 -0400
...room (small gap) between shoe levers and > e-brake eyelets, drive and re-adjust rears then adjust e-brake as needed. -- Neil n Blog...
Re: slack in e-brake cable?
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:59:19 -0500
...As you look at the rear part of the adjuster that pushes against the emergency brake lever it is split into two fingers. It...
Re: Brake warning light on
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 1 May 2017 06:19:22 -0400
Bottom of the handbrake lever inside the cabin. Yrs, d On Mon, May 1, 2017 at 5:48 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com...
Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Mon, 2 Sep 2019 11:25:31 -0700
...of adjusting the brake bias as more load is placed on the truck. >>>> >>>> The ’88 Westy does not have a lever on its proportioning...
Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:37:00 -0300
...Calls for the pressure regulator lever to be pushed towards rear wheels. I’m pretty sure our vans don’t have a lever on...
Re: rear brake shims
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:30:26 -0400
...Hooking the brake shoe to spring first is a great idea. There is also a special brake spring tool designed to put these buggers...
Re: Re: tiny push button, etc....)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 08:51:54 -0300 (ADT)
...On my 3 vanagons and in the Bentley manual that button releases the parking brake only. The light goes out when the lever reaches...
Re: adjust parking brake?
Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
Thu, 7 May 1998 13:35:43 -0600
...releasing emerg brake tension: Under the van, you'll see the emerg brake equalizer: one rod from the brake lever goes into a cross...
Was: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup - now Adjusting Parking Brake or Emergency Brake
Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:44:18 -0400
...Adjusting the parking brake cable after this will mess up the adjuster operation as the lever can not return all the way home. Dennis...
Re: Emer Brake Cover
Historical mailing list
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:20:12 EDT
...unless you change the e-brake lever too. if you need a good rubber e-brake boot for your 81, i have them. i...
Re: adjusting rear brakes!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:20:22 -0500
...hand brake cable they will adjust themselves. The cables get adjusted while the drums are off so you can set the lever gap. Check...
Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn)
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:00:19 -0700
...Two levers to independently apply the parking brake to the side that lost traction. Hear tell it worked. You do have a splitter in...
Re: Seat Question
Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:34:07 -0700
...and then pinching their hand between the lever and the parking brake handle if the brake handle was pulled up high. Chris knows all...
Re: Parking Brake Slipping
Historical mailing list - Todd Last
Mon, 12 Aug 2002 21:38:24 -0700
...87 Syncro GL's parking brake has been slipping and I've had to pull >the brake lever excessively high to get little improved...
Re: Unidentified part
Historical mailing list - mark drillock
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 10:58:36 -0700
Those attach the parking brake cable lever to earlier VW van rear brake shoes. Mark M Catlin wrote: > Can anyone identify the part shown...
Re: clutch cylinder - help
Historical mailing list
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 19:44:14 +0000
...ball on the lever. Best sign to rebuild, when they leak, particularly the slave. Change the fluid out with your brake fluid every 2...
Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sun, 25 Apr 2021 17:35:15 -0400
...So I think fixing the little brake lever switch is a smaller issue. The brake light still lights up for no reason if selector...
Re: rear brake shoes
Historical mailing list - Steve Tew
Wed, 10 Mar 1999 21:35:03 -0600
...If the emergency brake works they are in right. The trailing shoe has the e brake lever on it and there is no way...
Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 2 Oct 2010 15:08:28 -0700
...Sure is nice not to fiddle with tiny crimp-clips to held the parking brake lever onto the brake shoe ....as some brake shoe...
Re: tiny push button on emergency brake bracket
Historical mailing list
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 02:14:38 -0400 (EDT)
...Bouton) writes: << On the emergency brake bracket - the triangular piece that holds the brake lever to the dashboard - there is s very small little...
Whatever happened to that German guy who put 4 wheel disc brakes on his Vanagon? EMail the group and let us know when we can buy the ada ptors?
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Tue, 2 Apr 2002 18:28:46 -0600
...you step on the brakes and then pull the lever and then lock it that the hydraulics lock the brakes.....they use these on...
Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:34:40 +1300
...At least a pull-up lever as in most Japanese cars and T3s can be easily modulated. Um... hydraulic brakes are mechanical to... as...
Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:18:35 -0400
...The other day someone other than myself pulled my emergency brake lever. I did not know and wound up driving with it on for...
Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
Mon, 2 Sep 2019 19:06:37 -0500
...of adjusting the brake bias as more load is placed on the truck. >>> >>> The ’88 Westy does not have a lever on its proportioning...
Re: Just some annoyances..
Historical mailing list - Gordon Mah
Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:45:09 -0700
...of the lever. One hint >> if you do this. Make sure you are on the level and set the hand brake. >> Then, when you...
Re: WTB New-style E-brake lever...
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:20:05 -0700
...WTB New-style E-brake lever... > Need one that actually works--- for my 84 and I understand the newer > (younger) vanagons have an improved...
My Vanagon is so rusty
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Tue, 28 Sep 2004 13:07:49 -0400
...Pulled rear brake drums. All in good shape. Back to the park brake lever, and inspecting the pivot point all looks good? Now I...
torque, rear brakes
Historical mailing list
Sat, 11 May 96 22:50 CDT
>390 foot-lb of torque is 390 lb with a 1 foot lever OR >1lb with a 390 foot lever... Now *that* is a...
Re: Pressure bleeding brakes questions
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Sun, 1 Sep 2019 14:19:17 -0300
...Calls for the pressure regulator lever to be pushed towards rear wheels. I’m pretty sure our vans don’t have a lever on...
separate emergency brake lever for each rear wheel
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Fri, 20 May 2016 14:33:06 -0400
Like dune buggies have. has anyone done this on a vanagon? seems like an easy way to get power to the rear wheel that...
Re: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Wed, 31 Aug 2022 20:51:28 +0000
...Which parking brake lever/handle do you have? During the 85 model year a much improved one was phased in. The 85+ later one...
Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
Historical mailing list - pat
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:06:24 -0400
...The other day someone other than myself pulled my emergency brake lever. I did not know and wound up driving with it on for...
Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 14 May 2016 04:32:07 -0400
...They're designed so the operating lever (or your screwdriver) slips off in the loosening direction, catches firmly in the tightening direction. Yrs, d
Re: Seat Question
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Mon, 20 Apr 2015 14:21:53 -0500
...and then pinching their hand between the lever and the > parking brake handle if the brake handle was pulled up high. > > Chris knows all...
Re: Brake system overview
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 15 May 2006 21:02:34 -0400
...There is a rear brake pressure regulator, mounted on the right side from member near the spare tire. There is not an external lever...
Re: rear brake shims
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:16:33 -0700
...rear brake shims > > .... > > my personal recomendation is ....... > forget this shim stuff for now, just do a good solid clean brake job. > For example..........how...
Re: Mystery Loss of Power At Startup
Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
Wed, 12 Apr 2006 13:58:53 -0400
...brake that was just adjusted? The proceedure is to get your brakes properly adjusted first.After this, pull up on the parking brake lever...
Re: Brakes still going to the floor
Historical mailing list - Mark
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:18:18 -0400
...which I guess is the top of the brake lever hitting something in the > brake drum or some bracket. Does anyone have any ideas...