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• Re: Slipping Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 15:07:57 EST
  Mike, Your description of how the Vanagon self-adjusting rear brakes work is accurate, but irrelevant here. The original poster who is experiencing this...
• Re: New drums, now brake pedal goes to floor
  Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
  Mon, 15 May 2000 12:17:13 -0700
  IMHO, the rear brakes do not "self adjust" the way the Bendix brakes do. You really have to get them close by hand after...
• Eeeek! Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 01:31:41 -0700
  ...To my surprise, I found that I could ground the brake pedal, but the Van came nowhere near locking any of the brakes. I...
• Re: Hot brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Vincent Dow
  Mon, 9 Apr 2018 18:00:56 +0000
  ...I just didn’t think a light vehicles brakes were so likely to overheat. I’m about to leave for the east coast/ Quebec...
• emergency brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:20:52 -0800
  Mark, Normally, Rear brakes are self-adjusting. The Bently does not say they are or are not. Bentley's service interval section in the...
• Rear Brake Adjustments (Tighten then become loose)
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rissman
  Thu, 20 Apr 2000 06:47:30 -0700
  Can anyone on the list tell me why when you adjust the rear brakes on a Vanagon to where they have a considerable amount...
• Stiff Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Knezevich, Aaronx M
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 14:14:11 -0700
  ...Now I have to push very hard to stop the van whereas before it was like I had power brakes. The brakes are working...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:43:10 -0800
  ...Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes Hi John I might suggest if the rear brakes got adjusted on a regular basis then...
• Success, no more squealing brakes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 17 Aug 2015 18:56:41 -0400
  Hi folks, For about 18 months I’ve had squealing front brakes. I had the brakes worked on by a local shop in Williamstown...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 08:18:38 -0700
  ...Compression Braking devices or "Jake" Brakes Trivia question for this thread: Where does the term "Jake Brakes" come from? No Wiki now, I'll...
• are rear brakes self adjusting?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Zezoff
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 17:37:25 GMT
  Are the rear drum brakes on my 82 Westy self adjusting??
• Re: Vanagon Digest - 29 May 1998
  Historical mailing list - Colin Moran
  Sat, 30 May 1998 09:01:15 -0700
  Hello David Check the adjusters in rear brakes. Mine failed to work due to brake dust build-up. This causes the shoes to be...
• pulsing rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 08:58:34 -0700
  the brakes on my 87 are pulsing (I mean, the pedal pulses when you press it, I do not have to pump, there is...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Fri, 9 May 2003 22:03:14 -0700
  Snip..."This big nut doesn't have to come off to do brakes!" Hmmmmmmmmmm....
• Re: [Syncro] Why SA big brakes saved my ass today
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Mon, 7 Mar 2005 17:58:16 -0800
  > > > >>Better and a lot cheaper Audi turbo twin caliper > > brakes... > > M12 sized carrier > > holes need to machined out to M16 somewhat > > off-center of...
• Re: Brakes (Again!)
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 22 Aug 94 9:04:29 PDT
  ...By power I mean > these brakes feel like the brakes in my 911!!!! Dunno if this means anything, but when I "did" my rear...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 20:32:38 -0700
  I hope everyone recognizes it's better to cool brakes by driving and not using them, then to just stop with very hot brakes...
• Re: Winkler/Oettinger brakes
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 20:35:44 -0500
  Michael - Uh, what's the problem with stock brakes on the Vanagon? BOB '85GL
• Re: [Syncro] Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 20:03:46 -0700
  These are the discs I'm installing on the TD http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_brakes/rotors_Silver_Arrow.jpg On Wed, Jun...
• Improved front brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Polson
  Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:47:42 +0000
  ...One is a 1995 South African VW Caravelle with a 2.6 liter Audi-derived 5-cylinder motor and the larger front brakes, the...
• Re: Rear disk brakes - proportioning valves?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 21 Oct 2004 23:50:00 +1300
  >>Spend money on the rear brakes. it is worth it in a Vanagon. You have >>no idea how much of a difference rear disk...
• Re: Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 09:53:25 EDT
  Does anyone think it might be the power brake assembly? See if the brakes feel the same when the van is running and not...
• Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 11:56:04 -0400
  ...Need some help with my spongy feeling brakes. Here is what I have done. -Replaced front brake pads with metalic pads (about 2 yrs...
• GW Bigger Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Wed, 31 Oct 2018 05:35:22 -0700
  Anyone have any experience with the latest version of the GoWesty Bigger Brakes? They went off the market for a while but are back...
• brake questin
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Wed, 27 Mar 96 12:40:14 EST
  Hey all, I bought the Haynes manual today, and as I'm casually reading through the chapter on brakes, wheels, and "tyres," :) I notice...
• RE thread on brakes, Dot3,4, etc.(long post)
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:53:08 -0700
  A little on brakes, for general information. When brakes "overheat", a couple of different things happen. A couple of different causes of poor stopping...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:40:42 -0400
  ...Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping RE: Compression Braking devices or "Jake" Brakes Trivia question for this thread: Where does the...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Tue, 16 Jul 2002 22:01:21 -0700
  Someone posted on rear brakes and I deleted before I commented. At least on '85's it's very easy to put the shoes...
• Adjusting Rear Brakes - any tips?
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Wed, 30 Apr 2003 08:37:17 -0700
  ...The brakes are self adjusting but this mechanism can jam with age. An inexpensive brake tool will allow you to adjust the brakes with...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Coddington
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 07:24:15 -0700
  ...Why do my brakes squeak? > > > Your brake squeak because the preson who did the pad replacement last, > did not take reasonable precausions to prevent...
• Brakes: out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 19:41:06 -0600
  ...At the first stop sign I realized "HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM." Hard pedal, but no brakes! Drove home very carefully, up and down...
• brakes
  Historical mailing list - Darrel
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 17:16:21 -0500
  I just put a new set of front and rear brakes on my 88. Adjuasted the adjusters out so that the rears just do...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:18:18 -0400
  How long do you drive before your brakes do this? I had an issue where my rears we just slightly rubbing. Highway speeds made...
• Re: Spongy Brakes & Travel to Yellowstone
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:31:40 -0500
  Ed Bass wrote: >I'm a little late for the thread but I wanted to advise that my 87 Westy >also has spongy brakes...
• 1987 vanagon rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Michael Cole
  Mon, 27 Sep 1999 14:51:44 EDT
  I'm replaceing the rear brakes on my 87 Vanagon and I'm looking for tips & trick..
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 18:57:25 -0700
  ...I have never smelt hot brakes, not sure if this > vehicle's brakes stink up the joint when when overheat so that might > not...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 05:24:53 -0400
  ...I have never smelt hot brakes, not sure if this > vehicle's brakes stink up the joint when when overheat so that might not...
• Fwd:Euro: Brakes: 81 Volkswagen TRUCK, Mechanical, REAR BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:36:13 EDT
  ...REAR BRAKES Condition: Disc conversion ____________________________________________________________ We want to convert the rear brakes on our shop truck from drum to disc with parts from our...
• Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 14:12:40 -0700
  Blake, I have brakes too that I am not sure about. If you hit the brakes hard? can yo lock up the brakes? Seems...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Alfred Bagdan
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 23:28:32 -0600
  Hi Susanne I had my brakes redone once cheaply using cheap brake pads. Drove like that for years until this year I couldn't...
• Brakes... That's odd
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sat, 23 Aug 2003 23:53:48 -0400
  ...And traffic unexpectedly came to an abrupt halt, forcing me to slam on the brakes. This worked fine, but for the rest of that...
• 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Fraser
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 14:58:32 -0800
  ...so-so Front Brakes: out to wheels & tires Rear Brakes: right rear brakes gone Engine/Trans: on ground missing heads, no trans CVs/Axles...
• Re: pulsing rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:38:16 -0700
  On 8/1/07, Florian Speier <groups.florian@gmail.com> wrote: > > the brakes on my 87 are pulsing (I mean, the pedal pulses when...
• Bigger brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Sun, 10 May 1998 20:18:16 -0700
  Anyone know of bigger brakes for vanagons? Either that or cross drilled, vented rotors? Any rear discs out there? Joe
• Pumping Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tarheel
  Wed, 7 Feb 2001 16:09:03 -0500
  ...Prior to swapping the lines I was feeling a little "pulsing" in the brakes when I stepped on the pedal. No pumping was necessary...
• Re: Brakes question
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 24 May 2007 15:56:47 -0400
  AFAIK, If you have any VW van made after 1970, then you already have front disk brakes (with pads!)........ What exactly are you referring...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Lebron,Nathan
  Tue, 9 Dec 1997 13:48:00 E
  ...DeLessio" >Hello all, I'm having a problem with the brakes on my '84 westy. When I hit the brakes, there is very little...
• help ; brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:48:06 -0500
  Does any one know the procedure for bleeding the brake system on a 1990 vanagon gl, w/power brakes? I replaced the rear brakes...
• brakes!!!!!! doing my gons for first time tips!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Patrick Rueb
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 21:39:34 EST
  i will be doing my 87 vanagon brakes sat for the first time only had it for 5 months . they are metal to metal...
• Re: New drums, now brake pedal goes to floor
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Mon, 15 May 2000 18:40:16 -0500
  ...I loosened the brakes up to get >the new drums on. I figured applying the brakes would cause them to >self-adjust. The pedal...
• Re: Parking Brake vs Left in Gear - Siezed Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 17:20:17 -0800
  Yeah, my rear brakes did that a few times. The last time I was not able to brake it loose by using granny gear...
• Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:35:05 -0800
  ...The brakes mostly work ok driving around but if I put the tranny in neutral as I slow for a stop the brakes will...
• Re: [Syncro] Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:44:44 -0700
  ...MB brakes, > though I don't believe it covers any info about disc offset. > > http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_brakes/124_brakes.xls...
• Re: Brakes and Adding Alcohol
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:38:52 -0700
  ...I've never had front brakes last more than > 20-25k!! There are no sounds to make us think the brakes are bad... it...
• Re: Rear Disc Brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 17:31:25 +1300
  ...They will be better than the German front brakes, but still not GOOD brakes. I don't think VW knew how to make good...
• Master cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 26 May 2008 20:32:08 -0800
  ...From what I recall about adjusting the rear brakes, the star adjuster is turned until the brakes just scrape. Someone mentioned then applying the...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - David Milo
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:45:15 -0500
  ...The brakes mostly work ok driving around > but if I put the tranny in neutral as I slow for a stop the brakes will...
• upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:12:32 -0400
  ...1) Overhaul the rear brakes, hope for an improvement there 2) Rear disc brakes (i.e., the smallcar or burley kits) 3) somehow get...
• Re: 1987 vanagon rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:33:01 -0600
  Sean Birkner wrote: > > I just replaced the rear brakes on my '90 and I had to go all over town looking for a 46mm...
• Re: SA brakes
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Mon, 13 Sep 2004 15:39:00 -0700
  I would like to get some tips and potential problems with SA big brakes installation in Vanagon TIA Leon 85 Subwagen