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Re: what do I need for better brakes on 85
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 26 Sep 2019 00:15:31 +0000
...what do I need for better brakes on 85 What brand rear brake drums and shoes are you using in your shop currently Dennis...
Re: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 22:19:41 -0600
...shape with the rear brakes no periodic=20 > > adjustment of the hand brake should be needed. > > > > Which parking brake lever/handle do you have...
Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
Historical mailing list - H R
Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:46:28 -0800
...say much about the emergency brake. It should be called the 'emergency make-the-car-smell-funny lever'." -- Mitch Hedburg. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo...
Re: Brakes still going to the floor
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Sat, 24 Oct 2009 06:30:32 -0700
...which I guess is the top of the brake lever hitting something in the > brake drum or some bracket. Does anyone have any ideas...
electronic limited slip differential idea for 2wd vanagons
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Mon, 10 Jul 2017 09:47:25 -0400
...So you'd pull up on the brake lever and engage this system only when needed. Final incarnation of this fantasy system was to...
Re: Foot actuated parking brake
Historical mailing list - VW Doka
Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:24:25 -0700
...the pressure on the brake piston thingies or something? If the mechanical pull lever is intended as a parking brake, the lock could be...
Re: Unidentified part
Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:19:32 -0700
IIRC, those look to be rear brake pin retainers, used at the pivot for the parking brake lever / arm, under the�drum, at the...
Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
Historical mailing list - Scott
Fri, 13 May 2016 09:08:36 -1000
...then, I try to remember, like on my screwdriver levering tool ..'handle up tightens up' .. or whichever it is, handle up or down. if...
tiny push button on emergency brake bracket
Historical mailing list
Thu, 17 Apr 97 13:36:15 EDT
...On the emergency brake bracket - the triangular piece that holds the brake lever to the dashboard - there is s very small little push button...
Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:01:08 -0400
...The other day someone other than myself pulled my emergency brake lever. I did not know and wound up driving with it on for...
Re: Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
Historical mailing list
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 10:35:56 -0700
...brake shoes are adjusted to the point I get slight drag when I spin the wheels and at one click of the parking lever...
Re: Brake bleeding problems-repeat from brake spacers.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:28:39 -0400
...Now notice >> how the hand brake can swing. Pull forward and connect the brake >> cable. There should be about 1/16" between the lever...
brakes
Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
Tue, 8 Feb 2000 20:07:57 EST
hey ya'll question about my brakes in my 82 westy. why do i have to pump the brakes several times in order to...
Re: badly rusted mystery part
Historical mailing list - neil N
Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:38:48 -0800
...At one point (as a newbie) I read of this regulator in my Haynes (air cooled) It mentioned a lever that one had to...
fun with cables
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Sat, 4 Oct 1997 17:16:49 EDT
...Then the theory is that you unhook it from the lever attached to the brake shoe and then pull it out through the backing...
Re: clutch cylinder - help
Historical mailing list - Erik C Peterson
Tue, 1 Apr 1997 16:58:40 -0800 (PST)
...ball on the lever. Best sign to rebuild, when they leak, > particularly the slave. Change the fluid out with your brake fluid > every 2...
Re: Rear Brake set up-The spacers
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:35:33 -0400
...Now notice >> how the hand brake can swing. Pull forward and connect the brake >> cable. There should be about 1/16" between the lever...
SUCCESS: Adjusting Parking/Emergency Brake
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Thu, 1 Sep 2022 22:05:06 +0000
...shape with the rear brakes no periodic=20 > adjustment of the hand brake should be needed. > > Which parking brake lever/handle do you have...
Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
Historical mailing list - gary hradek
Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:15:33 -0800
...Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake Late response, I know, but busy this weekend. If I recall correctly, adjusting the brake lever is like adding brake...
Re: Rear Brake set up-The spacers
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:25:28 -0400
...Now notice >>> how the hand brake can swing. Pull forward and connect the brake >>> cable. There should be about 1/16" between the lever...
Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
Wed, 7 May 2008 08:39:34 -0400
...After the cables are checked out, you need to check the levers on the brake shoes. They need to swing freely and everything needs...
Re: clutch smell
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:17:10 -0500
...the handbrake lever and pull it upwards to hold the vehicle from rolling back as you move your foot from the brake to the...
Newbies, po' man's Limited slip.
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 18:41:28 -0800
...Poor mans limited slip involves the use of a split brake cable system and two levers. When wheel A spins, brake it and wheel...
Re: Brakes still going to the floor
Historical mailing list - Bruce Mentzer
Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:14:34 -0400
...which I guess is the top of the brake lever hitting something > in the > brake drum or some bracket. Does anyone have any ideas...
Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
Historical mailing list - Dan N
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 17:15:36 -0700
There's a switch on the left side of the hand brake lever, down flush to the floor... please check that one... On Sat...
Re: Rear Brake Adjustment Reminder
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Fri, 9 Nov 2001 14:23:14 -0800
...Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:41:35 -0800 > > > >did you first loosen the emergency brake cables (not just the lever)? I > >seem to recall...
Re: Question about caliper, was Replacing front brake pads
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:41:26 -0700
...have them let go fo the brake pedal... you carefully lever the piston back in with a large bar or lever. Do that like...
Re: Are Syncro and 2WD Vanagon Brake Lines the Same?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 5 Sep 2005 21:10:13 -0400
...4.3mm or 3/16 brake line works. The auto parts store have them in various lengths with the ends already flared, with the...
Winshield Sun Shade
Historical mailing list - Walter Houle
Mon, 17 May 2010 18:49:58 -0400
...When not in use it will rest between the parking brake lever and the driver's seat. I've searched the archives and seen...
Re: E-Brake cable
Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
Tue, 23 Mar 2004 07:52:53 -0500
After removing the end of the cable from the brake lever the old cable will pull out thru the backing plate. This will include...
Swing Axle Bug to bus questions.
Historical mailing list - Michael Ham '64 Type ][
Wed, 13 Dec 1995 08:19:53 -0800 (PST)
...Also what type of problem will I have with putting new brakes in. The current ones don't have the e-brake levers. I...
Re: Transmission in Portland
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:03:15 -0400
...The 2nd gear brake band the accelerator linkage. The brake band gets adjusted on assembly and normally is good for the life of the...
Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:04:45 -0400
...my rear brakes > are set up pretty tight to begin with since it takes very little pull on > the emergency brake lever to set...
Re: Re: tiny push button, etc....)
Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
Fri, 18 Apr 97 11:05:21 EDT
...On my 3 vanagons and in the Bentley manual that button > releases the parking brake only. The light goes out when the lever reaches...
Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 13 May 2016 16:20:24 -0400
...Rear brake adjustment wheels? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Can anyone suggest an easy way to keep straight which direction to rotate > the brake...
Re: Measure, Visually Inspect Rear Brake Adjuster Wheel Teeth?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 13 May 2016 16:47:11 -0400
If the lever can catch the wheel and turn it you are good to go. Dennis > Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 13:41:15...
Re: random brake light
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 17:28:46 -0800
...Second, I would check the hand brake lever switch, as it shares the same lamp. Check that the connector hasn't been pushed against...
Re: Battery light on in park or neutral
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 8 Mar 2022 22:03:10 -0600
...Otherwise the brake light was on all the time. Now only comes > on if brake is pulled. But not when key turned. Better then...
Re: Reversibility, was REAR DISCS
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 14:29:36 +0100
...GTI/GLI calipers have built-in > parking brake levers. Ok, now you all think I have lost it completely! But consider these: front calipers...
Re: So why have the tiny push button, etc....)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:01:08 -0400 (EDT)
...to release the brake? >> In a ''68-'79 bus, when you turn the parking brakelever to release it, the lever retracts back towards the...
Re: No Clutch-Thankks
Historical mailing list - Dave Vickery
Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:48:55 +0000
...That is the brake and clutch master cylinder right? >I >also see a plastic hose brake line going to a galvanized steel housing >down...
Re: Removing the battery from a 91 Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:24:13 -0500
...release the emergency brake before you rotate the seat, otherwise you'll mess up the handle on the emer brake lever. On Nov 11...
Re: Rear brake self adjusting
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 13 Aug 2022 10:51:03 -0700
...Pull the drums and just take up the slack to the levers. If the lever holds any pressure against the push rod, adjuster screw...
Re: Floor Duct
Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:58:29 -0800
...Then lift and twist that floor duct assembly until it clears the parking brake lever and gear shift lever. (then put it out for...
Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:55:44 -0400
...The other day someone other than myself pulled my emergency brake lever. I did not know and wound up driving with it on for...
Re: Emergency break adjustment
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 23 Aug 2015 22:05:34 -0400
This symptom is usually a sign of the parking brake levers seizing on the shoes or the cables are getting stuck in the sheaths...
Re: 4-disc: One forgotten fact:
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Sat, 24 Nov 2001 10:33:29 +0100
...More Speed->bigger brakes to stop... Raimund
Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:53:26 -0400
...At least a pull-up lever as in > most Japanese cars and T3s can be easily modulated. > > > Um... hydraulic brakes are mechanical to... as...
Low Brake Pedal, Caliper Piston Movement.
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:13:48 -0700
...e-brake was adjusted drums off, after shoe adjustment. I heard the adjuster clicking. (both i hope) There's no gap between levers and...
Re: Electrical gremlin dash brake light
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:10:42 -0400
...by a float switch in the brake fluid reservoir cap or the handbrake lever. The handbrake lever basically uses a door light switch and...
Re: Clutch Pedal Does Not Move
Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:34:48 -0400
...Clutch Pedal Does Not Move > > > > After putting in my locking differential, replacing the clutch, > > flywheel, brake master, clutch master, clutch slave, and brake > > switches...
Re: Slider Extension-Really large tires and related expenses!
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 6 Mar 2013 15:38:23 -0800
...Also to keep in mind is a huge tire/wheel has more leverage on the brakes.. so the brakes are undersized when the tire...
Re: Brakes Stuck.
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:24:13 -0800
...I've worked the lever, but the brakes seem to be stuck. Is this an expected occurrance? Is there an accepted procedure for freeing...
Re: [F]riday! Woo-hoo!
Historical mailing list
Sat, 23 Mar 1996 03:15:39 -0500
...the swing lever? Play in the king pins? I friend brough his bus round thinking he had some squeek in his brakes, but he...
Re: Emergency break adjustment
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:19:33 -0400
...com> wrote: > > This symptom is usually a sign of the parking brake levers seizing on the shoes or the cables are getting stuck in...
Re: a Memorial Day e-brake memory problem
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Tue, 26 May 2009 06:17:55 -0400
...Also, it is a good idea to regularly use the hand brake so the levers and cables do not get seized. It is common...
Re: Rear brake drum/shoe replacement - bleed brakes? grrr
Historical mailing list - Neil
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:22:40 -0700
...Setting the correct gap between e-brake cable end at lever on shoe is critical. Sticking e-brake cable(s) could interfere with shoe...
Update: where'd my clutch go??
Historical mailing list
Tue, 10 Oct 1995 09:12:41 +0100 (MET)
...Unfortunately, I couldn't identify the clutch lever to see if *it* moved. Would it be on the thick or the narrow end of...
Re: your opinion please - part 2
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Mon, 7 Jun 1999 02:01:56 EDT
...instead of just a throttle lever ,if while under cruise you find a need to change gears or brake hard it automatically shuts down...
Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
Historical mailing list - BRENT CHRISTENSEN
Mon, 17 Apr 2000 13:42:01 -0700
...That is until the brake fluid That has always been my experience with semi-metallic pads - they squeal until they are warm, and they...