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• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 11:54:12 EST
  What many of you are missing are the following benefits; Have you ever had your brakes over heat and fail in your loaded Westy...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:30:15 +0000
  All vanagons have anti-lock brakes. >From: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> >Reply-To: Zoltan <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >Subject: Re...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:05:28 -0400
  ...The brakes feel like they do whenever I have gotten the van back from any of my mechanics in the past. That meaning the...
• Re: Power Brake Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Frank
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 22:01:10 -0800
  ...I have bled manual > brakes many times before, but have never done power brakes. > > I don't think I need to have the car...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Henning
  Tue, 9 Nov 1999 07:25:31 -0500
  ...Bleeding Brakes & Clutch? >This weekend I am changing my back brake pads and am planning on replacing >the brake fluid while I am at...
• Rotors? Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Belanger
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 10:44:51 EDT
  Its time for me to put new brakes and rotors on my 87. What is the best configuration for this. Should I get a...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:16:07 -0700
  ...Some brake tech/ideas (long) > Brakes are fairly straight forward..no pun intended. > > The brakes on my 84 are in perfect shape, and they...
• Re: Brakes!!!!!!
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Sun, 26 Mar 2000 18:33:05 -0800
  ...I had this symptom, bled the brakes many times to no avail, then discovered that the drums were .060" over the maximum spec and...
• Re: Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:18:35 -0700
  ...Bleeding brakes. Motive, si! > I have one of the Motive power bleeders and I use it regularly. They are > the tool of choice for...
• Re: Vanagon Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Flat Four
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 04:35:43 -0400
  ...Vanagon Brakes Hello When I brake hard, the front of the van drops down. Because of this I believe the front disc brakes provide...
• Re: Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:58:47 -0700
  ...The brakes kinda stop the van but when I slam on them, >it's a little scary, not producing a positive feel. The brakes...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:46:55 -0700
  ...I just had an interesting situation involving brakes/brake fluid. 85 Adventurewagon , 80 to 85 early style front brakes........long long descent...Tioga Pass...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 07:19:02 -0400
  ...FIND A NEW MECHANIC! This is a very common problem with disc brakes and every mechanic in the last 10 years, knows about it...
• Re: Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:02:06 -0400
  ...The rear brakes are *supposed* to self-adjust, but that doesn't always work.
• anybody know of problems with '93 EV brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 8 Nov 94 23:50:28 EST
  My wife and the local dealer are having a friendly 'war' on the matter of the EV brakes. She thinks that they are not...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 09:16:04 -0600
  ...I have never smelt hot brakes, not sure if this >> vehicle's brakes stink up the joint when when overheat so that >> might not...
• I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:26:18 -0800
  ...I bled the brakes twice, but may need to do it once more. I've also adjusted the rear brakes twice, and STILL the...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 22:03:29 -0400
  ...Right, or >wrong? Van brakes perfectly well, but the parking brake does not >engage the front. Parking brake works only on the rear brakes...
• Wolfsburg suspension & brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Bissell
  Sun, 2 Apr 2000 02:13:08 -0400
  I have just bought a '87 Wolfsburg,[116k miles...really] and I have questions about the stock suspension and brakes. 1. Is the suspension...
• 82 vanagon brakes.. how bad...
  Historical mailing list - Brian Scotto
  Thu, 30 Aug 2001 22:17:36 -0400
  i am in the process of restoring an 82 diesel and i am wondering what to do about brakes, i heard that the ones...
• Re: '88 Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 8 May 2001 17:52:11 -0500
  > > get rid of moisture (heat boils the moisture in the fluid witch seems to > "fade" the brakes). > Oh no! Not the fluid witch!
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 20:27:14 -0400
  ...Dem da brakes, -Larry harald_nancy wrote: > Maybe your brakes fade and glaze, because of leaking brake fluid, > or oil or grease contaminating the...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 21:38:20 -0700
  Re : > but after hearing so much about how wimpy the stock '84 > brakes are, how swell the Big Brakes are, &c., &c., a fellow...
• Freeing Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - mwilliamson
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:41:34 -0700
  Hello all- I set about to renew the brakes on the transporter last week end. Front brakes pads went as smoothly as always. However...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 11:00:30 -0700
  ...Disc brakes on the rear dramatically improve both braking feel and performance. I have changed over several cars including 2 race cars and the...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:53:23 -0700
  ...I just had an interesting situation involving brakes/brake fluid. 85 Adventurewagon , 80 to 85 early style front brakes........long long descent...Tioga Pass...
• Re: GW Bigger Brakes
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 13 Nov 2018 22:02:44 -0500
  ...Instead, I ended up overhauling my existing brakes. I.e., new calipers, pads, wheel cylinders, shoes, brake hoses. Master cylinder is fairly new so...
• Big brake and rear disc brakes for 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WINGET
  Sat, 24 Sep 2022 17:52:25 +0000
  I am coming close to needing to do my brakes.  I put 17" wheels on My van so upgrading the brakes is next.  I...
• Re: Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:44:47 -0700
  Mike, No adjustment on the rebuilt from kragens of california but the damn spongy brakes stop better than the hard ford brakes ever did...
• Brake Adjustment
  Historical mailing list - David Boan
  Thu, 22 Apr 2021 14:48:10 +0000
  Hi Vanagon Types I have rebuilt my rear brakes for the first time and now adjusting them for the first time (I have done...
• Re: Brakes - an idea?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 2 May 2014 16:09:45 -0700
  ...Brakes - an idea? Still trouble with rear brakes. What are your thoughts on just switching to disc brakes? Sent from my electronic leash! Geneva...
• Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:40:00 -0700
  ...Spongy Brakes I just replaced the calipers on my 84 westy and after bleeding the brakes twice, my brakes are still spongy (after pumping...
• Re: Brakes and brake pads
  Historical mailing list - George Hahn
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 10:45:55 -0700
  The discussion has been about front brakes, I suppose because that's where most of the action and maintenance is... but can someone comment...
• Squishy Brakes '91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Thoresen
  Sat, 8 Sep 2001 17:50:56 -0700
  While driving my '91 vanagon I noticed my brakes were a little bit soft... then all of the sudden the brakes went to the...
• Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:27:53 -0700
  ...They are the tool of choice for those who do bleed brakes often. I haven't found any downside to using one, and I...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 05:24:35 -0700
  Well, I've done rear brakes a number of times and I don't think there's any magic number involved here. You want...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:14:28 -0400
  Are the rear brakes adjusted properly? Oftentimes slack rear shoes will cause the brake pedal to sink before catching. Adjust rear brakes after loosening...
• Power Brake Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 06:25:29 -0600
  ...I have bled manual brakes many times before, but have never done power brakes. I don't think I need to have the car...
• Re: OLDER RIMS FITTING NEWER WESTY
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Tue, 12 Nov 2002 15:01:46 -0500
  Disk brakes started in '71. Some say its the best year bus ever made. Disk brakes and a type 1 engine. Bill
• squeaky brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary
  Sat, 3 Apr 2004 15:17:24 -0500
  84 Vanagon has squeaky brakes--pads are smoothing out the rotors--whats the best pad to put on after I turn the rotors (again...
• Re: Some brake tech/ideas (long)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 16 Jul 2007 22:05:24 -0700
  ...Some brake tech/ideas (long) > > > > > >> Brakes are fairly straight forward..no pun intended. > >> > >> The brakes on my 84 are in perfect shape, and they...
• Re: Brakes: out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 15 Feb 2016 21:25:52 -0500
  ...At the first stop sign I realized "HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM." Hard pedal, but no brakes! Drove home very carefully, up and down...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:42:00 -0500
  Well Scott, what does one do if the brakes are overheated, but not using them will result in uncontrollable speed? I have never had...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 12:59:49 -0700
  Not to mention the ease of maintenance with disc brakes, reason enough in my book to convert every wheel you own. Angus Angus Gordon...
• Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Suzanne Hackett
  Tue, 12 Oct 1999 21:39:15 -0800
  Why do the brakes on my 1990 Vanagon Carat squeak so horribly, even after I've just had them redone? They sound like alternately...
• new brakes grind in tight turns when backing up
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 28 Mar 2000 08:17:08 -0800
  ...I just did a complete brake job on the front brakes. New rotors, rebuilt calipers, new brake pads. Everything is fine, except when I...
• Re: Brake Problem , 82 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 23 Jan 2008 17:18:44 -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: 13 Busses in Ecology Junk Yard (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:21:28 -0500
  ...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: '56 kombi - brakes (again)
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Wed, 12 Jul 1995 13:02:16 MST
  > What I find funny is that it seems like all split window busses have > problems with the brakes. :) I want to replace everything on...
• Re: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - Chris Mills
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 14:08:51 -0500
  >ok--the brakes--properly adjusted brakes are very adequet--gotta remember >they are vintage 66. ever try to stop a 66 muscle car--not...
• brakes question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Fri, 25 May 2007 08:35:39 +0100
  Hi Volks, Many thanks for the information and advice, I now have much more effective non queaky brakes and a handbrake that works. Paul...
• Re: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - wb6otg
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:54:21 -0400
  ...are those single circuit brakes or dual circuit? As with many imported cars, VW models sold in the US have dual circuit brakes from...
• Re: da'lan hitch
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Wed, 16 Jul 2003 08:49:08 -0400
  ...Electric trailer brakes are superior to surge brakes if your tow vehicle is a bit undersized. Not only are they more effective and better...
• Re: Stiff Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 6 Aug 2004 17:23:27 -0500
  ...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: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 14:55:55 -0700
  English invention, disc brakes. First mass production application is inboard front disc brakes, 1956 Citroen DS-19 I believe. and I've worked on...
• Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:28:02 -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...
• Re: Rear disk brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:58:01 -0700
  Why spend money on the rear brakes? Make sure there are fresh shoes there and you are set. 70% of your braking is done...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - bueses
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 10:47:14 -0600
  ...Think of brakes negatively. Use them sparingly. > > My father is an adherent of that philosophy. He'd often get 100K > miles out of his...
• Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:32:36 +1300
  >Like a genius I left my parking brake up for one last time and >overheated my rear brakes. The brake pedal went to the...
• Re: adjusting front brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 19:21:45 -0500
  ...adjusting front brakes? I'm looking for wisdom on the adjustment of front brakes. There is resistance on the rotors, it seems, as the...