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• Re: Parking Brake Slipping
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 00:09:20 -0700
  ...even from top to bottom of shoe to make contact > with drum at same time as top. > I have found this is most important...
• Re: Rear brake drum/shoe replacement - bleed brakes? grrr
  Historical mailing list - Alex MeVay
  Fri, 16 Jul 2021 19:43:12 -0700
  Regarding the vacuum pump bleeder, that works fine, but the issue I had is that sometimes I would see bubbles in the line, and...
• Reverse Gear Problem - 4 speed manual
  Historical mailing list - Evans Waldron
  Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:28:25 -0700
  ...Was unable to get a drum off so went to my local foreign car (not VW) mechanic who found leaking rear cylinders and hung...
• Re: NVC. YouTube Symphony Orchestra: "Internet Symphony Eroica"
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 15 May 2009 13:06:58 -0600
  OK, Drum Circle Sun. See ya All There !!! :o) JC... On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:55 PM, neil N <musomuso@gmail.com...
• Re: stranded
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Wed, 28 Sep 1994 19:33:12 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have bolts on the front, and nuts on the back. Drums have bolts in em, Disks have studs for Nuts. (the vans also...
• Re: Forget the Drums, How do you get the Lug nuts OFF!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 07:21:46 +0000
  > VW, I have found, has a real problem with over tight lug bolts. > I think this is because of the precision of the bolt...
• [Fwd: ]Trip Report
  Historical mailing list - Bob Calkins
  Mon, 3 Aug 1998 18:27:38 -0700
  ...Washington, I sheard off the splines on my Right Rear Brake drum......sheeesh, and you just know what tool I didnt bring....yup, so...
• Re: emergency brakes
  Historical mailing list - H R
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 12:14:04 -0800
  ...Also check the thickness of the drum. If your drum is worn down, replace it. Sometimes brake shoes are glazed from heat or contaminants...
• Re: New Website Store now open for business
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sat, 11 May 2013 09:05:15 -0400
  ...Peter Marsh Naples Sent from my iPad On May 11, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote: > Ta Dummm - Drum...
• Re: Interesting Thing About My Brakes....
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 12:01:56 -0400
  ...turn them so they're level before bleeding (careful, without the drum on it's possible to push the pistons out of the cylinder...
• Re: that is one very beautiful vanangon ... sigh ...
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:33:53 -0700
  ...the only thing I couldn't fit was some of the drum > kit :) > -- > Thanks, > > Jeff > '85 GL (Gertie) > '90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts...
• 1985 Westy For Sale
  Historical mailing list - Ray Wicker
  Wed, 19 Apr 1995 16:15:27 EST
  ...I just put new batteries, tires, and brakes (drums, cynlinders, calipers, etc.) on it. It is brown with a tan interior. I'm asking...
• RE: Better than stickers
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 7 Feb 96 12:56:37 EST
  ...you had your foot in its cast and were drumming on an air cleaner with a pair of pushrods, and another guy was carrying...
• Source for rear brake backing plates? New or used?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 2 Apr 1999 20:51:17 -0500
  ...I've already tried new shoes and drums. As I was installing the shoes, I noticed the backing plates were WAY rusty , i.e...
• FS '91 Carat Wolfsburg weekender
  Historical mailing list - Rimmel's
  Tue, 4 Mar 2003 21:00:53 -0500
  ...Michelin Agilis 185/sr14�s Rear brakes � new shoes and resurfaced drums Interior in very good condition � no rips or tears New radio with...
• Re: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 7 Nov 2003 06:59:53 -0500
  ...that they were experimenting with, mounting it on the >wheel or drum. > >Can anyone point me in the direction to find this, or to...
• Re: Science of Washboarding
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:03:09 -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...
• Wheel suggestion.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 Dec 2019 17:26:45 +0000
  ...If using the GoWesty HD drums the thickness of those will space the rears out to match the 3mm spacers in front. With spacers...
• Re: New Website Store now open for business
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sat, 11 May 2013 09:03:15 -0400
  ...6:41 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@aol.com> wrote: > Ta Dummm - Drum Roll - Our all new Website Store is now up and > running. After...
• Re: another brake saga
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:51:54 -0400
  ...If you pull up on the handbrake, at least one of your shoes on each side is now actually on the drum, and if...
• Embarassing moments/My rear wheel ...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 29 Jun 95 11:33:25 PDT
  ...A '71 VW beetle with the top down and resting on the left rear brake drum. The driver was either hanging his head down...
• Re: Wart injection. was: www.natoint.com/F
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:48:31 -0500
  ...Joel Walker (he also eats the stuff, like me) sent me his recipe and I layered the fish & salt in two 55 gallon drums...
• Re: Jackstands or ramps?
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:18:38 -0700
  my 1966 vw is hanging and dripping on jacks while i find time to do the work, drum breaks ahhhhhh. so its all jacked...
• Re: E-Brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:52:53 -0500
  ...question. >How am I supposed to intal the sheath into the drum? The bently has no info I can find. >Thanks in advance, >steve...
• Re: Rear disk brakes
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 18:00:58 -0600
  ...recommend. > > The front disk brakes look just OK, but the rear drums look rather bad, and > quite rusty. > > I'd guess that this question...
• Re: bleeding bloody brakes
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Thu, 11 Jan 2007 20:54:14 -0800
  ...close enough to drum? On my van I went through something similar. I had replaced rear cylinders, shoes, hardware, drums, MC, and one steel...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:20:22 -0500
  ...The cables get adjusted while the drums are off so you can set the lever gap. Check the archives for past articles including shimming...
• Re: Please no politics.. Stop NOW!!
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 07:00:34 -0800
  ...I'm still waiting for someone to speculate on whether it's okay for me to leave a baywindow drum brake assembly on one...
• Re: Overheard in the ladies' room
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 9 Aug 1996 20:29:50 -0700
  At 4:17 AM 8/9/96, Maz6550@aol.com wrote: > My band was playing at this rather trendy nightclub, and the drummer's...
• 1985 westfalia for sale
  Historical mailing list - Mark Anthony
  Fri, 6 Dec 2002 22:50:13 -0500
  ...Less than 10K on AA rebuilt tranny, new clutch (less than 2K on clutch), all new brakes, drums, etc. Gold color. Manual transmission. Runs...
• Re: Trip Odometer Myth(?)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:30:59 -0500
  ...plastic over lights, metal pipes front to back for > cooling, rear > drum brakes, ... > > On 4/17/03 8:24 PM, "Andrew Grebneff" > <andrew.grebneff...
• Fw: brakes
  Historical mailing list - chris jackson
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 13:18:05 -0700
  ...Is there better pad, rotor, shoe & drums to that will help & still stay within the stock specs? Is there an after market rotor that...
• Fwd: Re: Service Interval, Real Wheel Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:53:40 -0500
  >Hi >Pull the wheel, Drum and Hub, see if the grease has a burned smell >to it. Grease in a syringe shoot it in...
• Re: MC or Booster?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sun, 6 Feb 2005 18:21:11 -0500
  ...until it takes about 3 or 4 clicks to grab the drums real good.If you get iffy parking brake preformance now ,and this...
• Re: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:19:41 -0600
  ...How brake adjusters work for Vanagon Rear Drum Brakes > > > > | | | > > How brake adjusters work for Vanagon Re... > > | > > > > > > The author is saying that to adjust rear...
• Shocks and brake job, one question
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sun, 25 Apr 2010 08:16:05 -0700
  ...New drums are painted with high heat paint ready to go on. New Enduro shoes from autohausaz (bought these before reading advice about better...
• Re: YABT: Yet another brake thread... :-(
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:15:24 -0700
  ...Autohausaz, as they have ATE cylinders, > and a > > good price on drums ($36). I'm running out of time, or I'd consider one...
• FS:1985 Volkswagen Camper
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 24 Apr 1995 11:05:30 -0500
  ...It has new brakes > (Drums, cylinders, calipers, etc.), batteries and tires. It is brown with a > tan interior. I am asking $4,200 for...
• Re: Joel's Database...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 13 Jul 95 10:19:41 CDT
  ...cause then it could be that old Roy Orison song (drum roll ....) Blew By You!!!! joel
• coolant leak worse
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 24 Jan 1995 21:16:32 -0600
  ...Inspection showed that I really did need new rotors and I threw in new drums as well (haven't seen the existing ones, but...
• Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Gardner
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 00:51:44 EDT
  Hello, Today I checked out my Bentley manuel and noticed that sussposidly to do the rear shoes you need to use a wheel puller...
• Re: Rhein 15" Alloy wheels
  Historical mailing list - Greg Morrison
  Fri, 10 Sep 1999 16:37:06 EDT
  ...I had some problems fitting the rear wheels on my brake drums. The wheels hit a bolt head in two places on each wheel...
• Re: Mechanic in Knox, TN?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 18:07:36 -0500
  ...leaky brake cylinder (brake fluid + brake dust = little bumps inside the drum "pinging" against the brake shoes... noise went away when brakes were applied...
• Re: BBB 07
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:57:49 -0700
  ...Guinness Record > for having 500 back in 2000, I think, in Drummondville, QC. See, I learn something new every day! Sounds great! I might...
• Re: Addendum to question on Parking Brake Cable
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 13 Jan 2013 13:05:38 -0800
  ...PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Since you had the drum (drums?) off, does the brake hardware look the >> same on both sides...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:06:05 -0500
  ...In the case of a lugbolt engaging into the brake drum, if the drum wall > >> thickness is less than the bolt diameter, there is...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? UPDATE
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 27 May 2013 09:24:34 -0400
  ...As things can rust and > also get damaged from hard stops etc., brakes should be inspected and the > dust let out of the drums...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:32:42 -0400
  ...My Sunbeam Alpine (Series II, built '63) had drum brakes all around, along with its knee-action dampers. >as to the comment that they...
• Re: *Sigh* Leaky Wheel Cylinder (PICS)
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 5 Sep 2009 16:58:36 -0400
  ...This can be caused by a number of thing including poor shoe contact patch which is also caused by oversized drums or under sized...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced? (Correction)
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:29:20 -0700
  ...You might want to consider having the drums turned and >rebuilding wheel cylinders if that hasn't been done for a while. > >After putting...
• Re: Shocks- while we are at it....
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 28 May 2014 07:01:34 -0700
  ...Then new brakes, wheel cylinders and drums. This past weekend we broke an axle and will be replacing it next Saturday (if the stars...
• Re: Long-term parking: nose up or nose down?
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Thu, 5 May 2011 20:41:43 -0700
  ...7-10 days, the rear shoes seem to stick to the drums and I have to almost rock the van to break them free...
• Re: "Sticking"
  Historical mailing list - Robert Rountree
  Fri, 20 May 2005 17:05:56 +0000
  ...was before I re-did the rear shoes and sanded the drums).... If I was you, I'd get out and feel my rims...
• RE: Low brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Mon, 7 Apr 1997 09:32:28 -0700
  ...High > >Hi, > >What would cause 'low brake pedal'? > >I just got new rear drums & brake shoes. I've checked the brake fluid >resevoir & it...
• re: stuck parking brake
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Mar 97 15:41:02 EST
  ...The only way I could release it was to take off the wheel and rap the drum with a mallet. Had to do it...
• 1986 Vanagon - "thwup, thwup, thwup" noise on decelleration
  Historical mailing list - allan harris
  Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:43:07 -0700
  ...Rear brakes are new (4k miles-drums, pads, master cylinder). Brakes and engine seem to work as well as they ever did. Any ideas...
• Re: "On the cheap" tune-up
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:49:15 -0500
  ...I then took > off the distributor cap and cleaned up the carbon deposits on each of > the brass contacts inside using the Dremel/drum...
• rear brake shoe and cylinder replacement
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:01:59 -0700
  ...Pulling the drums if they are stuck can take a bit of time so I suggest you pull the drums sometime to just check...
• Whistling from rear end
  Historical mailing list - Rick Cooper
  Thu, 14 Mar 2019 12:11:42 -0700
  ...the emergency brake components touching the revolving components inside a brake drum. However, the pitch of the sound never changes and seems unaffected by...
• Re: THis may be a Silly Question - '85 1.9
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:51:26 +0000
  ...The Dodge will never feel it and the drums will get > > very > > hot. Ask me how I know. > > > >