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• LEAF (Lake Eden Arts Festival)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 26 Sep 95 09:32:15 EDT
  ...fiddle, banjo, flatpick guitar, didjeridoo, drum, mandolin, and fiddle maintenance. organized fast and slow jams. spiritual and healing arts: under the trees local healers...
• Re: Rear hatch vibration Why all vanagon sound alike
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:32:08 -0400
  ...I now think it is all >> those engine lids acting like a deep drum. >> >> No matter what engine some part of the vibration will...
• Re: Rear axle torque specs?
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Mon, 1 Jun 2015 10:14:22 -0700
  ...If the Axle-shaft and Axle-nut are hotter than the rear Brake-Drum or outer CV joint� The next thing to ask the...
• Re: Micro Fiche Reader
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Jan 2000 17:29:41 -0800
  ...My guess (only that, but an educated one) is that even a drum scanner will not do the job. Hate to be negative (pun...
• Re: Banging noise from left (?) rear wheel-help needed
  Historical mailing list - Grant Holst
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 10:22:31 -0700
  ...We have had > the rear brake drum turned because it was a little out of round and the > noise went away only to come...
• Bearing Noise Found - how to solve?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 3 Oct 1995 11:52:53 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It doesn't look the the spring is sticking out too far, maybe the drum is pushing the seal back too far. I can...
• Re: VW Mag Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Richard
  Wed, 12 Apr 95 17:23:59 EDT
  ...Oh well, at least (I think) it was a driver, and not one of those chromed front beam, brake drums, and exhaust system busses...
• Re: Rear Drum - the list
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 10 Jun 1998 14:34:37 -0300
  Hi All, This wouldn't have happened if we had a comprehensive repair FAQ. So many time the same info has been reposted, and...
• Re: Pulsing Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Claudio Cella
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 08:45:44 -0700
  It could be something different but in my experience i have had either warped front discs or out of round rear drums that caused...
• Re: Reply to Ben: Re: Front brake noise of 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 8 Sep 2002 10:24:55 -0600
  ...By the way, I clean the rotors and drums with alcohol to get rid of the influence of the last pads and shoes. All...
• I am selling some Vanagon parts at the Manassas Bug Out 53 see you there...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 23 May 2003 15:33:22 EDT
  ...front 19 mm sway bar 1 set of used rear brake drums 1 set L/R rear hub/brake backing plate/bearing housing assembly...
• Re: No gears
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 13 Jun 2010 14:24:24 -0700
  ...on old air-cooled VW's that was common when the splines in a rear drum stripped out ... the axle would just spin in...
• HELP!!! GD VW place wants my blood...
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 15:15:53 EDT
  ...Machine rear drums (slippage at pedal?) replaces shoes and wheel cylinder NOW, the moment we all know, when that wave of nausea comes over...
• Rear brake questions
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:53:56 -0700
  ...Well, off to have the drums turned and hopefully I'll have an answer waiting...fingers crossed... so I can do the job correctly...
• Re: Brake Job Front and Back 85 2wd vanagon. Wheel bearing question.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 17 May 2011 11:13:45 -0700
  ...When replacing rotors and drums do new bearings need to be > bought? > > I do not know that the old ones would be reusable or...
• MB wheels and rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 23:27:54 -0700
  ...Second, remember, as I did not, that the bolts holding the rear drums on interfere with the MB wheels so must be removed to...
• 1985 Westfalia for sale
  Historical mailing list - pspragge
  Tue, 7 Jul 1998 12:42:32 -0700
  ...New rear brakes and drums. Dometic refrigerator has had the VW recommended modifications to the air pump so lights easily. All curtains and screens...
• Re: What is the biggest & heaviest thing you've carried INSIDEyour van?
  Historical mailing list - andrewbell
  Tue, 8 May 2001 09:13:09 -0500
  My band tours in my '84 GL Van - guitars, amps, drums - all in road cases. Coolers, merch, luggage and traveling necessities, as well as...
• How much rear wheel bearing play?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 13:42:23 -0400
  Hi, A couple of days ago, I noticed a slight scraping noise (like brake drum rubbing against the backing plate) when I made a...
• Re: Causes of rear brake soft pedal
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:01:00 -0400
  ...sure your rear shoes are fully adjusted out to near the drums >and >your bleeding method is sound ? One only has to look at...
• Re: studs for alloys - removal and installation
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:40:59 -0800
  ...Volkscafe has the 65mm studs for the rear hubs. (but currently out of stock) This requires taking the rear drums off to get to...
• Re: Using Google Groups to archive messages
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Sat, 29 Nov 2008 08:51:31 -0800
  ...Instead use Goggle and add the phrase "site:vanagon.com" In other words when searching for info on drum brakes, put this in the...
• Re: Tech tip #2
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Mon, 7 Jul 1997 21:47:35 -0400
  ...Monday, July 07, 1997 1:43 PM > > I have the lug nut torque values written on the drums. It gives the > stoned grease monkeys...
• Re: OT , now Bass Lists
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 16:41:00 -0700
  ...Jake On 9/8/06, Neal Barrentine <vwneal@bluemarble.net> wrote: > > My son plays bass, and I play drums. Between the two of us...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:13:51 -0700
  ...Syncro 16" models had larger discs in the front and > larger drums in the rear. > > Mark > > > > Dan N wrote: > > on the brake topic... > > > > Does...
• Re: $100 Reward Results
  Historical mailing list - Project Pat
  Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:05:36 -0400
  ...pan.jan.drum [pan-jan-druhm] Show IPA noun a self-important or pretentious official. On 7/15/2014 4:20 PM, Alistair Bell...
• RE:Power brakes [was idle problems]
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Sykes
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 10:07:23 BST
  ...But I admit I am not an authority on >the subject-- anyone ever seen a '71 bus WITHOUT power front discs? >Maybe drums, or...
• Re: drum brake adjustment
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 May 1996 17:22:46 -0400
  In a message dated 96-05-08 01:00:54 EDT, farchmir@milwaukee.tec.wi.us (Randy Farchmin) writes: >The nut needs to be...
• FS: 87 Syncro GL
  Historical mailing list - David Dempsey
  Mon, 1 Dec 1997 15:34:20 -0500
  ...189K, working locking rear diff., recently replaced exhaust system and rear brake drums and right upper ball joint. Coolant leak from stripped head bolt...
• Re: 5 speed tranny question
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 29 Oct 2003 21:58:47 +1300
  ...Even Superbugs there got drums. Note that the 094 5-speed is no stronger than the 4-speed. Also its first gear is useless...
• Re: Tranny
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Tue, 3 Aug 2004 21:23:26 -0400
  ...90 lbs after all oil drained 133 lbs packed securely in a fiber drum with 2x4s inside around the perimeter and lots of bubble...
• Shopping list or kit for Molotov fuel lines?
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 2 Dec 2014 16:21:42 -0800
  ...years of age, I'd best heed the repeated (like a drumbeat!) advice and replace all the fuel line bits that are apparently ticking...
• Re: OEM vs Aftermarket -- WAS: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:29:00 -0600
  ...where is the best buy for drums and rotors? > I don't think so. Recently, I received a shipment of water hoses for a...
• Marrage Sale at the orphanage
  Historical mailing list - John Morris
  Mon, 11 Dec 2000 02:24:13 -0800
  ...BSA Motorcycle '69 BSA thunderbolt running condition $1500 Mapex drum set 5 piece drum set with Gibraltar cymbal rack and camber cymbals If you...
• Re: Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:43:50 -0500
  ...So we took it to BrakeMasters for new cylinders (and new drums). Just picked it up and the brakes feel great and grippy..... but...
• Fwd:Euro: Brakes: 81 Volkswagen TRUCK, Mechanical, REAR BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Wed, 15 Apr 1998 06:36:13 EDT
  ...Disc conversion ____________________________________________________________ We want to convert the rear brakes on our shop truck from drum to disc with parts from our'87 GTI parts...
• Re: are rear brakes self adjusting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:35:51 -0500
  ...shoes as they wear, keeping them a consistent >distance from the drum. Don't know how successful this mechanism is, >however. David Beierl - dbeierl...
• Stupid Question of the Day - Sliding Door Latches Poorly
  Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
  Sun, 1 Feb 2004 14:16:50 -0500
  Howdy Folks, (I'm allowed to say "Howdy", too!) Yesterday's Stupid Question about the brake drums was such a hit (get it? a...
• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 5 May 2008 13:57:17 -0400
  ...Once everything is in order, the cables get adjusted with the drums off so you can see what is going on. The top adjuster...
• Re: Any Musicians = Wild Brass Band
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 14 Jul 1995 15:07:07 -0400
  ...I also TORE my perfect upholstery on the back bed with the snare holder on the bottom of the drum DOH!. I hear tell...
• Re: Brake drums warped - machining?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:26:57 -0700
  On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 11:51 AM, The Bus Depot <vanagon@busdepot.com>wrote: > > I bought some new drums, and cheaped out...
• Re: Wart injection. (Anti-shellac fuel additive)
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 15:22:59 -0600
  ...They another lie!! steel drums won't hold this stuff. only pottery crocks will. >> The extract is really amazing stuff. One simply coats fresh...
• Re: New Website Store now open for business
  Historical mailing list - george jannini
  Sat, 11 May 2013 10:15:27 -0400
  ...Geo/ATL On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 6:41 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: > Ta Dummm - Drum Roll - Our all new...
• Re: e-b*y bidding. who`ll make it $1 ???
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Sat, 22 Nov 2003 09:26:47 -0800
  ...y posts unless you are > member of this list trying > to drum up buyers for an item of your own. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 21:42:39 -0800
  ...It sounds like that at the very least, you shoes are pretty close to drums. BTW, make sure you slacken off handbrake before you...
• Re: pulsing rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 1 Aug 2007 09:38:16 -0700
  ...Sometimes, the arc of the brake shoes do not match the worn drums. In time they wear to the correct shape -- unless you want...
• still resurrecting 65 camper
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Jul 1996 01:51:28 -0400
  ...however, the drums are stuck, so i decided to soak the spindles in oil, and let them sit a few. he was impressed with...
• Re: Inuvik (Arctic) Trip Monthly posting.
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 17 Dec 1995 19:11:38 GMT
  ...We met up in Calgary, caught the Stampede, did the dinasaur bit at Drumheller then up to Banff, Jasper, Prince George, Ft St. John...
• brake shoe installation help (long)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Thu, 21 May 2009 10:50:03 -0800
  ...It does rotate freely, at least before I get the actual drum on, then I can't seem to make it turn at all...
• Re: Science of Washboarding
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 27 Sep 2009 17:39:58 -0700
  ...The circumferential surface of the two drums had steel corrugations > spaced about a foot apart all around the drum. I bet any tyro FBI...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Tue, 23 Dec 2014 14:41:00 +0000
  ...Saab 96, Plymouth Horizon maybe.  I remember the Saab happening, because I'd never worked on drum brakes and was scared of them.  So...
• Re: Rolling Stones again
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 15 Feb 1995 16:31:57 -0500
  ...was a bus but I doubt they'd have crammed a drum kit in a >beetle) in which they undertook their first ever tour...
• Brakes still a squealin
  Historical mailing list - MLind
  Mon, 7 Aug 2000 09:11:04 -0400
  ...I got new shoes (pads?) a new spring kit, new drums, etc from the BD. Heck, while I was at it I stuck in...
• Re: Brazil new buses. was Re: Buying a VW and picking it up at the factory in Germany:
  Historical mailing list - Al and Sue Brase
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 11:53:16 -0600
  ...cargobay doors and 60s-type small side-windows; they > also had drum front brakes and the ancient large stud-pattern... bet > they had kingpins...
• Re: Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 2 Jun 2011 09:26:03 -0400
  ...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: problems w/ braking hard?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Dec 1997 13:10:00 +0000
  ...like the classic symptoms of warped disks or out of round drums, although I find it hard to believe a VW mechanic wouldn't...
• Parts for sale and want to buy.(MA)
  Historical mailing list - Paul Kirsch
  Tue, 24 Nov 1998 18:22:39 EST
  ...Convert your van? BO Radiator fan $10 Brake drums $10 ea Front lower grill $20 85 manual tranny, 3rd gear grinds $150 2.1L...
• Re: Parking Brake ?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
  Mon, 28 Jan 2002 08:10:25 -0600
  John, I'd check the parking brake cables underneath the van first, then pull the rear drums to see of the parking brake cable...
• e-brake plastic guides? dealer only?
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Wed, 6 Oct 2004 07:50:50 -0700
  ...junciton into the cables that snake their way to the brake drums. The guides are wearing down and are starting to catch the cable...
• Re: E-brake adventures
  Historical mailing list - Linda Bartnik
  Tue, 5 Aug 1997 23:34:26 -0400
  > > Personally I'd *highly* recommend pulling both rear drums & make sure you > don't have a problem with the e-brake linkage to the...