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• Re: Help with dragging brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:19:17 -0400 (EDT)
  Sometimes if you have some crap in your brakelines or in the wheel cylinder, the brake fluid may not be able to escape from...
• Re: Brakes Stuck.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:24:13 -0800
  Hi, Assuming your problem is about a stuck parking brake, and not something hydraulic, two things come immediately to mind - draggy rusted cables that...
• Re: Metal brake line + short rear flex hose questions
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:51:26 -0400
  "neil N" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> said: > Archive info suggests that rust pitted metal brake lines should be > replaced. Every section of brake line on...
• 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 wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 May 2016 16:42:20 -0400
  The Vanagon rear brake self adjusters work by the movement "away" from the resting position of the shoes. As the shoes move out the...
• Re: bleed brakes after clutch slave failure?
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:44:30 -0400
  yep - brakes are still good as far as I know - thanks for the reply! On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 8:53 PM, David...
• Re: Vanagon Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott Catlin
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 12:00:51 -0700
  ...Definite > oversteer. > > If you decide to install rear disc brakes, the brake bias will need to be > adjusted. However, for drum/disc combo, the...
• RE: Re:Need Brake Caliper Help
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 7 Jul 94 09:47:14 EST
  > From: "Armstrong, Charles L." <carmstro@ssf3.jsc.nasa.gov> > Randy, > You may also want to check the flexible rubber brake lines to make sure...
• wierd brake stuff :-(
  Historical mailing list - Adam B
  Thu, 29 Jan 2004 22:40:14 EST
  Hey everyone, After I got my front rotors and pads and rear wheel cylinders replaced (all OEM parts) a couple months ago, my brakes...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:36:43 -0500
  ...They "self" adjust by either pressing on the brake pedal or pulling on the e-brake. Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/
• Re: replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 21 Jun 2018 19:55:18 +0000
  ...Would this work when removing brake lines, as Wes is thinking about?  If his brake fluid is more than a few years old, he...
• Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:37:51 -0700
  On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:43 AM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: .... > One adjusts the parking brake to correctly operating and...
• 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: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 11:02:02 -0500
  Should you lock up just the rear brakes, like trying to use just the emergency brake, for example, which could easily happen in wet...
• 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
  Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
  Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:23:55 -0500
  Recently I "repaired" my emergency parking brake handle so that is holds up in position...... Now...the rear brakes drag when I installed it...
• Re: Brake question......
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:48:01 -0700
  ...Brake fad is when you have decent pedal, but brake pads and calipers have gotten so hot from continued or hard downhill use, that...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:55:15 -0400
  ...A Cat C7 makes it go and an exhaust brake helps it slow down. Even moderately aggressive stops can make the brakes smoke. When...
• rear disc brakes project
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:48:17 -0400
  It's finally Ursula's turn to get the rear disc brakes mounted this Friday, I took some pictures of how the parts are...
• Brake Problem or Nature of the Beast?
  Historical mailing list - mad madeline
  Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:12:06 -0700
  ...Didn't realize it until I used the brake pedal to slow down, and found there was no pedal! The brake pedal worked after...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 15:11:50 -0500
  ...In the 85 and newer models VW > installed a brake fluid level warning switch instead. The 80-84 brake > switches have an extra wire...
• Brake light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:52:05 -0400
  Heres my problem, driving home friend pulled up behind and told me I didn't have any brake lights. Started digging. Found that no...
• Re: Brakes & potential problems
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Wed, 15 May 2002 20:49:23 -0700
  ...My brakes > were not as responsive as before and my emergency brake pulled up further > before engaging. I did the drum-brake adjust maneuver...
• Front Brake Hardware kit at Bus Depot
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Tue, 31 Oct 2000 05:49:54 CST
  Hi, I was looking for front brake pads for a 85 GL. I noticed in the Bus Depot catalog that there are Brake hardware...
• Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:29:13 -0700
  My brake lights wont come on. The bulbs are fine and I've replaced the fuse. I see from the big green book there...
• RE: Brake Light Stays On
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 3 Mar 1997 17:59:45 -0500 (EST)
  VW'ers I bled my brakes over the weekend, all went well, except that the brake light on the dash remains on, I checked...
• manually adjust rear brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Thu, 29 May 1997 14:27:03 +0000
  Bentley says to adjust rear brakes before adjusting the handbrake nut. Do '87 Vanagon rear brakes self adjust (e.g. back up and apply...
• Pulsating Brake Pedal (Need Solution)
  Historical mailing list - Blake Heinlein
  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 12:36:28 -0700
  This is a report on the fix for the problem I had with my pulsating brakes. The email below discusses all my original symptoms...
• JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:00:36 -0700
  I just wanted to pass this on to you as a word of caution when dealing with JUST BRAKES franchise, or any other "mechanic...
• Re: Brake light trouble
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Thu, 26 Apr 2001 14:53:37 -0500
  ...Brake light trouble > Heres my problem, driving home friend pulled up behind and told me I didn't > have any brake lights. Started digging...
• Re: Finding and Accessing the Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sun, 25 Dec 2005 11:46:26 -0800
  The dual brake pressure switches only detect a failure and light the Brake Warning light on 80-84 models. In the 85 and newer...
• Brake and Clutch fluid change in 91 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard O'Halloran
  Sun, 13 Sep 1998 00:15:26 -0700
  I want to change my brake fluid (long overdue unfortunately) and I don't have a pressure bleeder or even a vacuum device. I...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 22:44:39 +0200
  ...Depends on the brake kit. There are brake kits from 280 to 380mm in diameter. I think the 16" has 286mm or so. But...
• Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:26:14 -0400
  ...90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles Ok - mind you, I am no mechanic . . . having said that . . . I...
• Re: Brake Light Switch
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:10:02 -0700
  Remove the instrument cluster, and the brake light switches on the bottom of the master cylinder will be in clear view. the instrument cluster...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:39:30 -0400
  ...Bad rear brake assembly or adjustment. Defective rear brake pressure regulator. The first two are easy to diagnose. Set the handbrake and hit the...
• Re: Adding rear disc brakes
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:56:49 -0600
  ...A brake kit > that works well with the existing front disc brakes? If anyone has > installed on and has experience with it any input...
• 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...
• Re: Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:13:43 -0400
  Troy, There are two brake light switches and they are both screwed into the master cylinder under the instrument cluster. They are hydraulically actuated...
• Self adjusting rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jfp w/3 WBXs
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 03:40:09 +0000
  Hi List, I have a '91 westy that the rear brakes do not self adjust. All the brake hardware hwre appears OK. Do other...
• Re: adjusting rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Thu, 15 Apr 2004 05:41:28 -0700
  Adjusting the rear brakes is only required when installing new brakes. The adjusting work very well...assuming you took them out, cleaned them, and...
• Re: Parking Brake vs Left in Gear - Siezed Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:36:23 -0800
  ...I have to leave the WurstFalia in 1st gear with the park brake off and a brick under the wheel. The rear brakes seize...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:24:25 -0400
  Of course you can buy a lot of really good brake parts after you run off the road or into something else. And in...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 11:40:42 -0400
  ...Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping RE: Compression Braking devices or "Jake" Brakes Trivia question for this thread: Where does the...
• Re: Brake Fluid, Flushing
  Historical mailing list - Eric Ley
  Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:42:02 -0400
  I personal flush my brakes every 2 years especially on a westy as brake fluid degrades with age and is made to absorb water...
• more 3rd eye brakelight stuff
  Historical mailing list - Brian Tipsword
  Wed, 15 Feb 2006 10:24:33 -0800
  http://www.commandelectronics.com/third-brake-lights.html Just some more brake light stuff B
• Re: Emergency brake light stays on
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:04:26 -0800
  > The emergency brake light stays on after I release the emergency > brake. However, when I am driving up a hill, it will flicker and...
• Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
  Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
  Sun, 9 Apr 2017 13:50:37 -0400
  ...The brake warning light in the instrument panel won't go out. Brake fluid is good (this van has the brake fluid level sensor...
• Brakes went out
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Thu, 6 Aug 2009 08:24:01 -0400
  ...NO BRAKES! Checked fluid, level fine (clutch still working properly on manual trans). When start engine, pressure on pedal drops to almost zero (meaning...
• Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stewart
  Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:18:35 -0400
  Hello Everyone, I replaced my front brake pads several months ago and the pressure has been great since. The other day someone other than...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Mon, 27 Jun 2016 17:53:23 -0700
  How often do you replace your brake fluid ? Officially it should be every 2 years..tho that;s probably seldom done. I just had...
• Re: Sticky brakes
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:20:57 -0700
  The properties of brake fluid make it a frequent topic of discussion, and you know it makes me wonder just how much or little...
• Re: New brakes and pedal question
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 9 Sep 2014 11:17:05 -1000
  Do the big brake kit's calipers have larger pistons than stock ? that would account for more brake pedal travel. Since pads ride 'just...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:01:39 -0700
  ...I did 2 rounds of the "yell at your wife" method of brake bleeding, Got > allot of air out. The brakes feel like they...
• Re: B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sun, 16 Sep 2007 00:22:41 -0700
  ...I had this brakes issue experience recently - 85 Vanagon poptop weekender. Brakes just never felt that good. Pedal wasn't firm, nose didn't...
• Brake Light Switch?
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Mon, 8 Oct 2001 15:00:45 -0400
  The other day, someone behind me at a stop light honked and told me that my brake lights were not working. I was grateful...
• Re: Pedal Pressure & Brake Lights
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:14:48 -0700
  85 has the brake fluid level switch in the cap just like 86+. The Bentley diagram for 85 mislabels the fluid level switch as...
• Faulty brake light switches
  Historical mailing list - Ed McLean
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 18:59:28 -0500
  The failure of brake light switches is very rare but it does happen. I recently replaced the two brake light switches on my 86...
• Re: Aaaaargh! Brake failure (long)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 10:28:51 EDT
  Brent, I don't recall from your prior posts if you had replaced your brake hoses. I've seen a couple cases on Type...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:32:10 -0800
  All this talk of rear disc brakes is crazy! Fact, the front brakes of a vehicle do about 60 to 70% of the stopping...
• Re: Brake Warning Light Stays On
  Historical mailing list - Robert Steven Fish
  Tue, 25 Jun 2002 01:17:10 +0200
  Hi, The hand brake light doubles as a low fluid light too. I ran my Vanagon for quite some time with a random appearing...