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• help ; brake bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
  Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:48:06 -0500
  ...procedure for bleeding the brake system on a 1990 vanagon gl, w/power brakes? I replaced the rear brakes, Drums, shoes, hardware, the whole...
• Re: Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Snow
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:04:27 -0800
  ...Hope this helps Mike Snow I have new rear drums and brake shoes on my 82 Westy. The adjuster is screwed in all the...
• Re: Rear axle
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:24:08 -0500
  ...Rear axle Hey John, How do you get the brake drums off w/out taking the axel nuts off? Is that a late model...
• Re: Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:58:59 -0400
  ...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: Another DIfferent Rear Brake Question: Kink in centerbore of drum
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 13 Apr 2009 08:55:30 -0500
  ...Another DIfferent Rear Brake Question: Kink in centerbore of drum Ben, this damage is from someone either beating this drum off with a hammer...
• Re: OMC Italian brake drums
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Fri, 6 Sep 2002 15:05:25 -0400
  ...OMC Italian brake drums Hello- as anyone used OMC Italian made new brake drums and had problems ? I just installed new rear shoes, cylinders...
• 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...
• Re: A tool for removing the rear axel nut on a Vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:16:54 -0700
  ...THE REAR AXLE NUT TO CHANGE THE REAR BRAKES!! > > That said, here is the reason. > > On the face of the brake drum there is...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:00:30 -0700
  ...Same with our Vanagon rear brakes - they use the same slave cylinders and drums as the '68 and up VW Bus! Believe it or...
• Re: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 05:39:15 -0600
  ...Removing rear brake drums? > > > The drum center's have grown onto the hub------heat is the only answer. > > ______________ > |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ > | | | | > ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| > > Terry-- > 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) > 85 GL...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Design Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 3 May 2009 13:06:56 -0700
  ...The optimum ratio is normally 70/ 30 front-to-rear braking > power. > The bottom line is that our 'hokey' rear drum brakes are plenty...
• Rear Brake drums, adjusting brakes
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 14 Nov 2001 22:23:35 -0500
  I got my rear drums off without taking off the big nut like folks on the list said. I put the lug nuts back...
• Re: adjust parking brake?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 7 May 1998 13:24:13 -0700
  ...another cable runs to each rear drum. After properly adjusting the brake shoes themselves, you adjust the e-brake by tightening the nut that...
• Re: Adjusting rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jack Reed
  Mon, 24 Jul 1995 09:28:24 -0600 (MDT)
  ...Get the brake drums to where they lock, then back off a couple of star points. I've been adjusting mine this way for...
• Re: Vanagon Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Sun, 15 Apr 2001 21:27:33 EDT
  ...rear drums are so cheap anymore, if you have to cut old drums, it is better to just get new ones. Rich
• Re: Scraping sound from rear
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:29:23 -0600
  Scraping sounds at the rear that quicken as speed picks up and slows as speed drops, are usually associated with excessively worn brakes..... in...
• Re: Another DIfferent Rear Brake Question: Kink in centerbore of drum
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:03:17 -0500
  ...Another DIfferent Rear Brake Question: Kink in centerbore of drum Hello Again, Asking for my pal again. Same drum as before. There is a...
• SA Rear Drum Brakes at V-Cafe
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:18:04 -0800
  ...but isn't there some tale where its better to have a combination of both disc brakes and drum brakes, that all disc can...
• Re: Rear wheel studs
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:28:28 -0700
  ...drum off. Of it's not coming off, you forgot to release the parking brake. It is not necessary to remove the rear hubs...
• Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:51:47 +0000
  When it comes to the rear brakes there often seems to be some difficulty them right. Here are some considerations to get them to...
• Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Sun, 12 May 2013 03:06:06 -0500
  ...The rear brakes recently checked out great according the shop. i.e. > assembled and adjusted correctly, shoes have lots of lining left, > drums are...
• Re: Vanagon rear brake
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 Feb 95 11:27:46 PST
  I pulled my brake drums off over the weekend and realized that the rear brakes are due for renewal. Any suggestion of which brand...
• Re: washer spacers 15" wheels bolt drum
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 19 Apr 1999 01:52:34 +0200
  ...Westy. > > As a test, mounted rears with lock washers sized the width the bolt > protruding from brake drum. Will the narrow lock washers cause...
• Rear Drum removal
  Historical mailing list - Kenn Draymon
  Wed, 6 May 1998 14:13:13 -0700
  I'm having a heck of a time removing the brake drum from my '85 GL. Lug nuts off, drum bolts off, it's...
• Re: Need rear brake backing plates (now rear Discs?)
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:55:22 -0700
  ...just got through putting on Heavy Duty rear > drums and new > BD brake shoes and my brakes are stellar ... Eric even commented how good...
• Brake Drum removal -- 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Ervolina, Thomas R. (Tom)
  Sun, 5 Feb 95 12:34:03 EST
  I can't get either of the rear brake drums off. I've ordered the Bentley book but haven't received it yet. Is...
• Rear Brakes, removing drum from hub
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sun, 11 May 2003 09:14:06 -0700
  ...Rear Brakes At 05:11 PM 5/10/2003, you wrote: >Man, you are lucky then. I have had to remove drums that I...
• Fwd: Euro: Brakes: FIX 81 Volkswagen TRUCK, Mechanical, REAR BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 21:41:43 EDT
  ...Works great. ____________________ ORIGINAL MESSAGE: _____________________ We want to convert the rear brakes on our shop truck from drum to disc with parts from our'87...
• Re: REAR BRAKE SHOE REPLACEMENT
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 02:29:14 EDT
  ...Just back off the adjusting stars in the rear of drums through that hole in the back, on top. I believe there's also...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 02:19:59 -0700
  Mark, Can you, and anyone else who has a Haynes manual, review the procedure on 10.7, "Rear brake shoes and drum," and clarify...
• Re: Soft brake
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:12:21 -0800
  ...I adj the >shoes all the way to the drums & I still have a soft brake. No leeks around >the master cylinder. >The rears...
• Re: Urgent Question about Brake Drums
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Sat, 24 Feb 2001 11:58:20 EST
  ...The rears wont fit properly because of the 2 hex screws on the outside face of the brake drums. Should I just remove them...
• rear brake job
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Mon, 19 Jun 2000 14:33:06 -0700
  Hi all, I'll be doing my rear brakes the coming weekend. I got new brake shoes, drums and cylinders from Vanagain. Is it...
• Re: Porterfield R4-S Rear Brake Shoes
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Mon, 6 Oct 2014 16:55:17 -0500
  ...After talking to their tech department, we chose a "$linterd Iron rear brake $hoe, with a (their word$) "$oft drum"! The drum being the...
• Re: Emergency break adjustment
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sun, 23 Aug 2015 19:07:40 -1000
  ...In my world ..in all rear drum brake VW's .. for the last oh ........near 50 years.. the right way to adjust the parking...
• pulsing rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Weibel, Pius
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:10:36 -0500
  ...brakes I have been doing so many brake jobs this summer it is not even funny. This problem is almost always the rear drums...
• Re: Removing rear brake drums?
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Sun, 28 Oct 2001 04:15:43 -0700
  Entity Terry Kay spoke thus: > Look on the drums, and more than likely, the wil be two 10 mm headed > bolts on the face...
• Re: a Memorial Day e-brake memory problem
  Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
  Mon, 25 May 2009 15:38:53 -0700
  It is possible to distort the drum if it gets hot enough and then the brakes are applied forcefully before the drum cools down...
• Re: Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 23:36:57 -0400
  ...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: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 22 May 2016 22:42:32 -0400
  The tool you want is common and anyone doing drum brakes should have one like this: http://www.amazon.com/AMPRO-T71558-Brake-Resetting...
• Re: rear wheel cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 31 Mar 2009 22:48:34 -0400
  ...When I was doing my testing with the drum off, lightly pumping the brake pedal, the adjusters were really going to town. You could...
• Re: Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sat, 10 May 2003 17:11:04 -0700
  ...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: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:28:25 -0500
  Ken, Rear brake cables are pretty easy to replace. You need to pull the rear drums, unhook the end of the brake cables from...
• RE: Rear brakes squeak
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 21 Nov 1995 13:39:51 -0500
  ...Some > cars wrap the brake drum with a spring similar to that used to close a > screen door. This stops the drum from ringing...
• Re: how to get rear brake drums off?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 14:22:04 EDT
  Get a hammer and hit right between where the studs are on the brake drum. You can hit here with alot of force and...
• brake drum removal difficulties--need advice
  Historical mailing list - Scott G. Terry
  Mon, 23 Jul 2001 09:19:04 -0700
  Hi All, This weekend I tried to remove the rear brake drums of our '85 Westy "Pearl" who is a fairly recent acquisition. My...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Ry
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:07:16 -0500
  ...their > rear drums for discs? What rear discs were > > used? > > What > mods were necessary to fit them? What about the parking brakes? > > > > > Modern 15...
• mushy brake pedal
  Historical mailing list - rob passehl
  Thu, 27 May 1999 09:24:56 PDT
  ...checked my brakes because the pedal seemed to depress too far. the front pads look good. couldn't get the rear drums off due...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Design Questions
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sun, 3 May 2009 09:47:13 -0400
  ...The optimum ratio is normally 70/ 30 front-to-rear braking power. The bottom line is that our 'hokey' rear drum brakes are plenty...
• Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:55:55 EDT
  ...They mis-measured the rear drums, > totally missed the broken parking brake, diagnosed the master cylinder based > on a wild assumption, broke the reverse...
• 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...
• Re: Vanagon Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 14:52:35 EDT
  ...If you decide to install rear disc brakes, the brake bias will need to be adjusted. However, for drum/disc combo, the stock set...
• Re: rear brake renewal
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 24 Jun 2003 19:25:56 -0500
  ...John Rodgers 88 GL Driver joe lucca wrote: > i'm about ready to replace the rear brakes on my vanagon. are there any > special...
• Re: Rear Drum removal/rear shoes replaced?
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 10:31:03 -0700
  ...bolts securing the > >brake drum to the rear wheel hub and withdraw the drum. Tap the > >circumference of the drum with a hide or...
• Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:52:19 -0700
  ...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: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:03:34 -0700
  ...They mis-measured the rear > drums, totally missed the broken parking brake, diagnosed the master > cylinder based on a wild assumption, broke the reverse...
• Re: replacing rear brakes on 80 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - BILL
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 17:05:57 -0700
  > > > Well, you could, for grins, take it to Midas for a free brake inspection. > > There, they will remove your wheels, bash off your drums...
• Re: SA rear drums + pads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:56:45 -0500
  ...SA rear drums + pads >Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:50:16 -0500 > >The SA drums are a little thicker in the center, that...
• Help Please-Rear End Noise! (Solved!)
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 13 Oct 2002 15:57:49 -0700
  ...Turns out the noise was the result of a defective brake drum. I was convinced that the drum (new, from one of the online...
• Re: Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:41:18 -0600
  ...It also rusts the brake lines from the inside out. It can also damage the master cylinder and the rear brake pressure regulator. Frequent...