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• Re: Upper bunk foam
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 14 Aug 2008 00:36:30 -0700
  The 2" memory foam we used for additional pads (not replacement of existing foam) works well and is not heavy, at least not what...
• Re: Non-captain chair padding
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 5 Sep 2002 13:41:49 -0400
  ...does anybody know of relacement padding? Couldn't you just use a padding kit for a 1970's van? The seats in my '82...
• Re: Buying new Disc brale pads.
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 17:36:09 -0400
  I am running the regular pads my local auto parts store had on hand for something rediculously cheap like $13/set. They work fine...
• Re: Westfalia upper bed
  Historical mailing list - Harry Yates
  Sat, 4 Jul 1998 13:29:03 +0000
  Todd, you might want to try using a Thermorest pad. They come in various thicknesses, and compress quite thin.. they are also self-inflating...
• Re: Later Westies/Upholstery and padding on rear hatch at bed?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:02:10 -0700
  ...I upholstered it and padded with foam some years ago. Same with all the other panels, now they are in my '86 syncro. alistair...
• Dash Pad
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 10 Feb 2006 13:58:28 -0500
  Somewhere in the Armour-All discussion, someone mentioned having a brown dash pad available. Please contact me, I could use a new one. Bill
• Re: Question about caliper, was Replacing front brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Sat, 20 Mar 2010 16:25:28 -0500
  ...The pad on that side looked almost new and the pad on > the inside had about 3/16"s of pad left. I'm...
• Der Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Matt Bushore
  Fri, 20 Jan 1995 09:45:21 -0600
  If you replaced the pads, and still have a bad pedal, I would second the guess that your rears need adjusted. I know that...
• Re: Squeaky Mintex brake pads anyone?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:00:12 -0800
  ...Squeaky Mintex brake pads anyone? > > > >I just bought a set of '85-later Mintex pads on > eBay. > > Rats. > > > > Robert > > 1982 Westfalia > > > > > > --- "Adam H. Behle...
• Re: Dash improvement?
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 17 Nov 2014 15:01:55 -0600
  ...Eastern Standard Time, > stuartmacm@GMAIL.COM writes: > > Where did you get that, or did you remove the padded dash cover? Padded > dashes have been...
• VW pads, was: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 14:50:10 -0400
  While I'll pinch a penny where I can, I have learned that FLAPS brake pads are junk compared to the OEM VW pads...
• Re: Squealing brakes! Where to find missing shims?
  Historical mailing list - walkingboss
  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:57:53 -0500
  That is exactly what I meant, anywhere the pads come in contact with the pad holder, or pistons. They will rub as the rotor...
• $$$Brake Job$$
  Historical mailing list - Robie Pierce
  Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:24:41 -0500
  My 91 vanagon failed state inspection due to front brake pads. Midas gave me aa price $480 for pads and turn the rotors. Went...
• Re: Rear heater leak - coolant soaked carpet/pad
  Historical mailing list - James Felder
  Sun, 3 Jun 2012 15:00:25 -0500
  ...Is there any way to get all that antifreeze out of the carpet > and the pad underneath? Squeeze the pad and antifreeze runs out...
• Riddle me this... Honda Brake question NVC!
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Wed, 16 May 2007 16:06:38 -0700
  ...A 2004 Accord, original owner (me!) 43K Km's, never had rotors turned, front pads at 5%, but NO metal on metal. Why would...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:26:55 -0700
  Brake rotor "paint"? To stop brake squeal? Coat the friction surface of brake pads with something, to stop brake squeal? I dunno about doing...
• Re: brake pads - what is recommended?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 22:19:21 -0500
  Except for massive dusting, the $15 Korean made pads work surprising well. The Pagid pads are better and resist squeaking although they also dust...
• Re: Buying new Disc brale pads.
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:07:57 -0500
  Brake pad technology has come a long way and I buy the ceramic pads the local parts store carries. If they don't carry...
• Brake stuff
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 11:35:41 -0700
  ...If it gets hot enough it can change the composition of the pad at the pad/disk surface such that the stopping friction is...
• Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
  Historical mailing list - John
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:54:47 -0400
  ...If the rotor surface has a wear pattern from the old pads, the "vocal cord" effect will occur until the new pads wear in...
• Re: Brakes noisy
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Brideau
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 23:24:29 -0400
  I suspect he meant "quiet" - glue for between the pads and the caliper. I used to rub my pads in small circles on the...
• Re: Refinishing Padded Dash
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 14:13:34 -0800
  ...Refinishing Padded Dash Hello, I removed my dash to replace the heater core and found that the padded Part of the dash was a...
• Re: Brakes noisy
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Sun, 27 Apr 2003 18:33:27 -0700
  You may have glazed your pads by overheating them when they were new, try a 60-80 grit sand paper over the face of...
• FS: vanagon dash pad w/ tray
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 14 Apr 2002 14:13:51 EDT
  for sale: vanagon dash pad, w/ tray, like on the 85-'91 vanagons. black. nice upgrade for the 80-84 vanagons.. chris
• 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: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:28:02 -0700
  ...Other companies make pads that leave a coating on the rotor. I think its called "TFT", transfer film technology. alistair On 2011-09-11...
• Re: Bed "pads"?
  Historical mailing list - Ellen
  Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:46:35 -0700
  ...Bed "pads"?> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > I saw a recent post about memory foam bed topper pads. My 84 with the> partial westie...
• Re: That composite floor padding...
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 8 Apr 2002 16:36:04 -0500
  ...Stan Wilder On Mon, 8 Apr 2002 14:53:06 -0600 Gnarlodious <Gnarlodious@EARTHLINK.NET> writes: > Well, not exactly padding...it seems to have...
• Re: replacing padded part of dashboard/ brown dashpad FS
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sat, 6 Mar 2010 11:59:32 -0800
  ...If you didn't care about the old pad, couldn't you just slice it up and cut it away? Maybe just glue the...
• Brake Stuff
  Historical mailing list - Pensioner
  Sat, 9 Sep 2006 19:48:02 -0700
  In a nutshell the pads are heat insulators that maintain their friction coefficient under high heat and pressure. They serve to transfer the heat...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:18:07 -0700
  OK, I am not aware of what pad compounds are available for Vanagons so I could be suggesting something impossible....but if vanagons are...
• Re: Metalic brakes / Brake Squeal
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 02:49:16 EST
  In a message dated 2/2/04 7:50:29 PM, dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET writes: << Brake squealing is not actually caused by the pads...
• brake pad replacement
  Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
  Thu, 26 Feb 2004 09:18:22 -0800
  ...Last weekend I took the old front disk brake pads out and was trying to replace the pads with new ones. However, I wasn...
• Re: Sticking front calipers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 Apr 2007 14:04:30 -0400
  I think when used brake pads have a thickness difference of 20 percent of the origional linings(between both pads)left, sticking calipers are...
• Re: Bench seat padlock advice?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 3 Mar 2006 19:36:36 EST
  ...thx! > why on earth would you want to padlock your rear westy sofabed?? keep your kids from folding it into a bed? if someone...
• WTB: Black padded Vanagon dash - Seattle/Portland OR
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Martin
  Thu, 19 May 2011 09:08:41 -0700
  Looking for a very good to perfect black padded dash from an 85 and later Vanagon. I would prefer a dash from a van...
• Re: Trailing arm replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 23 Jul 2022 10:17:03 -0700
  Thanks Dan, I’ll add this to the post… The reason I made the thick plastic pads for the perch was to be able...
• Re: Squeaking Wheels When Brakes Not Applied
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:16:53 -0400
  Squeaking brake pads will stop making noise with many changes as slight as the flexing of the front wheels as you turn a bend...
• Re: Squeaking Wheels When Brakes Not Applied
  Historical mailing list - Russell Patten
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:51:36 -0500
  ...My van does the same thing after I replaced the pads, I don't let it bother me. You can't pick up some...
• Syncro brakes go "bonk"
  Historical mailing list - Buettner, Peter
  Tue, 15 Feb 2000 10:02:03 -0800
  I recently (a few hundred miles ago) changed the brake pads, piston seal and dust cover on my Syncro. The previous brake pads were...
• GoWesty Front Cab Step Pad
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 19:41:30 -0400
  I ordered a set of the Front Cab step pads from GoWesty. And needed to know right away if anyone else had purchased these...
• Re: Later Westies/Upholstery and padding on rear hatch at bed?
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Mon, 20 Sep 2010 11:15:34 -0500
  ---- Mark Hineline <hineline@OCOTILLOFIELD.NET> wrote: > Is the interior hatch panel on later Westies upholstered? Is there > foam padding in the upholstery? Some of...
• Re: Squeaking Wheels When Brakes Not Applied
  Historical mailing list - Michael Rule
  Fri, 9 Jul 2004 11:05:53 -0400
  Hi Josh, same thing on my 84 after new pads and rotor resurfacing- even went as far as checking (and replacing since they were...
• Re: small car brake kit
  Historical mailing list - Thomas Casal
  Mon, 23 Sep 2019 13:12:08 -0400
  ...I just took the caliper off to inspect > the pads. One pad is definitely a little low and appears to have worn a > little...
• Re: Squealing Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:05:07 -1000
  ...Squealing Brakes > > If the new replacement pads didn't have the correct replacement > > hardware, such as the OE pads come with, more than likely...
• Re: Squealing brakes! Where to find missing shims?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:01:17 -0700
  ...It is a high heat silicone coating that you apply > to the back of the pads and contact points on the pad holder. -- Neil...
• Re: Buying new Disc brale pads.
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:56:17 -0700
  On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 1:15 PM, dj <djct2@yahoo.com> wrote: > Does anyone know if these brake pads are good, they...
• which pads
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Wed, 16 Feb 2000 15:15:03 -0800
  which pads? german or semimetallic? matthew 84 Matthew Pollard http://www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 Dept. of Chemistry http://www.chem.uidaho.edu University of...
• 82 Vanagon, banshee front pads!
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 May 1996 03:18:56 -0600
  Friends! Problem-solvers! Mechanics! Lend me your ears! When my front pads wore down to the thickness of onion skins, I replaced them with...
• NEW 2wd Brake Pads FS
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 10:49:47 -0700
  I went to install VW brake pads i ordered some months ago from tbd and when I went to install them, they did not...
• Uneven front brake pad wear?
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:57:18 -0400
  Decided to inspect the brakes today on my 82 diesel, and I found that the pads on one of the front brakes had worn...
• Re: where is the best buy for drums and rotors?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Wed, 16 Feb 2005 19:40:57 -0600
  Try any of your local FLAPS for the rotor's and pads. Ask them for Raybestos pads and rotor's. The quality can't...
• '83 Brake Magic
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 28 Jun 1996 08:53:48 -0700
  Well, I actually managed to put in new brake pads with relative ease. I expected a much more labour intensive procedure, but then again...
• Re: Brake squeal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 10 May 2015 11:43:29 -0400
  Some pads are meant to have thin metal shims between the pads and the caliper pistons. I believe that these are intended to reduce...
• Re: Front Brake Part Question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 17 Oct 2010 18:06:29 -0700
  ...If you put new pads on used discs .. here's what I tell anyone where we decided to take a chance on that .. 'if...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Sep 2011 01:12:01 -0400
  ...With good pads and rotors and a little break in care just not needed. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry...
• Re: brake pads - what is recommended?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 30 Jan 2006 14:26:56 -0800
  ...Are PBR great pads because they are cheap, or because they wear better, or because they stop better? On 1/30/06, Jake de...
• FS: vanagon dash pad, w/ tray
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 23 May 2002 11:13:20 EDT
  for sale, '85-'91 style black vinyl vanagon dash cover/pad w/ tray.. fits all vanagons. nice upgrade for '80-'84. p-mail if...
• Re: Survey: brake pad life
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 11:56:34 -0700
  ...Drop in shims and pads (don�t forget the orange or blue stuff/glue/anti-squeak stuff, it use to come with the pads...
• Re: New Brake rotors.pads
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Fri, 8 Sep 2006 18:33:18 -0400
  I purchased two sets of these pads and have had no problems at all with them (still on the first set). Easy install, no...