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• Re: Big brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:47:26 -0400
  ...Rear brakes. Make sure the drums are in spec. Go to the dealer and get the shoes set, 251698531LX, List price now only $60...
• Re: Split window brakes
  Historical mailing list
  27 Jul 95 11:21
  ...to the brakes and what work >was required? > You'd probably be suprised if you fitted a new master, new shoes, cylinders, fluid and...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:43:10 -0800
  ...The trailer is an aluminum utility with electric brakes as well. The settings take some driving to figure out, but starting at a 60...
• Re: brake shoe installation help (long)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 21 May 2009 12:05:10 -0700
  ...My set of instructions indicated this, and if it is put the other way it seems to push the emergency brake lever too far...
• Re: self-adjusting brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Will Wood
  Sun, 1 Dec 1996 23:55:52 -0700
  ...self-adjusting brakes? > > > Date: Wednesday, November 27, 1996 12:03 AM > > > > > > I replaced the rear brake shoes on my '84 Vanagon GL. The Bently...
• Re: Brake Job Front and Back 85 2wd vanagon. Wheel bearing question.
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Tue, 17 May 2011 09:08:14 -0400
  ...I bought both rotor sets, drums, brake > shoes, pads and retainer hardware too..... > I should have bought bearing kits front and back too right...
• Re: 78 bus won't move -- brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  10 Jul 96 08:05:25 PDT
  ...Then it feels like they hit a stop, and the > engine stalls. > > I figure the rear brake shoes are rusted to the drums. Is...
• Re: Need rear brake backing plates (now rear Discs?)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:21:32 -0700
  ...The fronts do most of the stopping but the leading/trailing shoe setup that the Vanagon and Bay Window Busses use takes quite a...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Mon, 11 Feb 2008 21:38:09 -0800
  ...Mine is an 89, fresh rear brake instal (cyl, shoes, drums), only about 4 clicks. Anyway. Prior to this, I'd never seen the...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Spring Clips
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 2 Oct 2010 14:25:46 -0700
  ...I recall my 1951 Flat head V-8 Ford Woodie surf wagon back in my high school days had a better rear brake set...
• Re: Brembo Disc Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:00:50 -0400
  ...However, I suspect that a bigger brake setup like the post '85 brakes will give a little more margin of safety when the components...
• Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
  Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
  Mon, 5 May 2008 12:59:09 -0400
  ...My shoes look to be pretty new... so I surmise that whoever last worked on the brakes pulled the cables all the way out...
• List Specials on Brake, Fuel Injection Parts, and more!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:36:52 EST
  ...Front brake hoses- $10 each Rear Brake hoses- $10 each Rear Brake Drums (ATE)- $40 each Rear Brake Shoes- $35 a set (ATE German...
• RE: Upgraded Brakes Bus/Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Mar 97 05:09:46 UT
  I would not consider 914 Brakes to be an upgrade for a Vanagon. Although there may be some clamping force advantage, there is no...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:00:11 -0800
  ...A properly working rear set up has a lot > of > > surface area. A real problem with the rears is that the aftermarket > shoes do...
• Re: Any better BRAKES? for 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 20:25:23 -0700
  ...new rotors, and new OEM metallic pads, new drums, and new brake shoes, and new rear cylinders. Also rebuilt the master cylinder. My vanagon...
• Re: Balancing Brake Drums
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Thu, 18 Apr 2002 08:00:50 EDT
  ...Now, were the brake shoe sweep surfaces originally cut off center as a way to balance these things? Looking at how accurately the raw...
• Re: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
  Historical mailing list - A J I
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 20:37:43 -0500
  ...adjusted out the shoes until it was a tight fit to get the drums back on. I then pumped the brakes several times and...
• Re: Brake work pictures
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:22:51 -0500
  ...And get a spray can of anti-squeal and a can of brake cleaner. Ok, you've pulled the shoes as above. Now remove...
• Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 21:07:03 -0400
  ...if the rear shoes are not set right, you > will > feel it everywhere. > > Ken and Chris have provided excellent advise, which I can say...
• Re: Brake Upgrades
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 07:57:52 -0500
  ...excellent cooling and braking >>>�OEM pads and shoes >>>�Aircraft quality stainless steel brake lines, improves brake pedal >>>firmness and resists pedal fade >>>Description >>>2...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Raymond Markett
  Mon, 18 May 2015 09:17:28 -0700
  ...brakes because it had a bad pedal feel and marginal stopping power. However when I got it home and saw good pads and shoes...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:37:12 -0700
  ...It is often due to a non-working self adjusting mechanism in the rear brakes. As the brake shoes wear the self adjuster is...
• Re: Rear brake spring
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Vickers
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:17:00 -0700
  ...sets are not quite correct. They are either too tight > or too loose. The springs should be replaced as part of any > complete brake...
• Re: REAR BRAKE SHOE REPLACEMENT
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Fri, 14 Aug 1998 08:30:31 -0100
  > The best shoes available are those from the dealer. The are the only > metallic linings available and they have the correct dimensions. > Unfortunately they...
• Re: replacing rear brakes on 80 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 12:27:28 -0500
  ...This includes brake shoe and pads, with very poor quality material. Factory brake material is the only thing I will put on a few...
• vacuum servo question
  Historical mailing list - Craig
  Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:57:12 -0700
  ...I now have new rear shoes and calipers. I just purchased a new master cylinder and upon draining all the nasty, partially blackish brake...
• Why rear brakes are evil, and how to make them good.
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:06:41 -0400
  ...This end goes toward the emergency brake lever. The longer piece needs to get on the inside of the brake shoe metal plate and...
• Re: Big brake conversion
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:07:51 -0400
  ...brake upgrade? Here's how: > > Rear brakes. Make sure the drums are in spec. Go to the dealer and > get the > shoes set, 251698531LX...
• Frustration in Brake Land
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 15:25:48 EST
  ...I put a new drum on and also a new set of shoes. We bled it three more times. Still low pedal, kinda smooshie...
• Re: Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:44:47 -0700
  ...gary > > > >--- mike boland <westy@mvboland.com> wrote: > > > Blake & Gary, > > > you'll get good hard brakes if you adjust the > rear > > > shoes on the > > > Vanagon...
• Re: rear wheel cylinders
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:30:14 -0400
  ...another brake saga"? I'm wondering if you have the same problem I did with the piston(s) backing away from the shoes? Edward...
• I need to sell A Few Parts:
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 5 Oct 2004 12:51:19 -0700
  ...Complete rear brake setup: backing plates, brake springs, drums, adjusters, shoes, $ 80 3: Awning. It attaches to the drip rail. It extends and retracts...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:50:58 -0500
  ...Mine is an 89, fresh rear brake instal (cyl, shoes, > drums), only about 4 clicks. > > Anyway. Prior to this, I'd never seen the...
• Re: Brake
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:42:04 -0600
  ...But there is more than brake adjustment to consider. If the brake cylinder is a different diameter, the shoes are different or the drum...
• Re: master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Feb 2015 20:06:03 -0500
  ...If the pedal stays good with the handbrake set then the problem is the rear brakes mechanically. How did you adjust the rear brakes...
• Re: Removing Rear Brake Drum/Hub
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sat, 15 Apr 2017 20:29:18 -0600
  ...This adjustment will loosen the shoes and if set correctly the parking brake cable will have no pressure on the shoes when the lever...
• (Update) was: Anyone know what size the axle nit is? And brakes in general.
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Mon, 9 Oct 2000 08:00:42 -0500
  ...Brake fluid everywhere, no lining on the shoes, broken adjuster wheel. The bolt holding the wheel cylinder in place came off easily, but the...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 3 Feb 2012 22:11:14 -0500
  ...A properly working rear > set up has a lot of surface area. A real problem with the rears is > that the aftermarket shoes do...
• Re: E-brake adventures
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 04 Aug 1997 20:14:17 -0700
  ...you don't have a problem with the e-brake linkage to the shoes - a 'pop' indicates something letting loose (& possibly temporarily catching on...
• Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:26:28 -0700
  ...I am talking about brake fades. I actually purchased two sets of after market pads, one of them Repco semi-metalic pads that were...
• Re: Brake Job Front and Back 85 2wd vanagon. Wheel bearing question.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 17 May 2011 08:55:56 -0700
  ...I bought both rotor sets, drums, brake > > shoes, pads and retainer hardware too..... > > I should have bought bearing kits front and back too right...
• Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:06:30 -0700
  ...up with a brake set-up that actually worked 'right'? If the whole shoe was actually braking, the rear brakes could have been about...
• Re: help: locked e-brake?
  Historical mailing list - Chris Agh
  Tue, 4 Jan 2005 20:31:23 -0800
  ...As for the brakes I'll replace the shoes and see what happens. Too bad we've got rain coming for about the next...
• Re: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
  Historical mailing list - John C...
  Fri, 6 Mar 2009 18:55:36 -0700
  ...Lack of brakes long version saga actually Thanks to everyone, I opened up the rears today and adjusted out the shoes until it was...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 13:50:55 -0700
  ...A properly working rear >> set up has a lot of surface area. A real problem with the rears is >> that the aftermarket shoes do...
• Re: rear bearing replacement
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:08:53 -0700
  ...and you just set the whole backing plate, with shoes > and wheel cyl all in place, aside and parking brake cable still > attached. Going...
• Re: Issue with brake pads
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:25:27 -0700
  ...I see cracked rear brake shoes fairly commonly. I don't give it much thought actually...........as long as the brake lining material stays...
• stuck brake drum a cheap puller
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 29 Mar 2003 13:26:51 -0800
  ...That particuliar one I was checking had a cracked set of shoes so it was time to address the stuck side. I started out...
• Re: rear brake shims
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 17:52:21 -0700
  ...In 2006 (70,000 miles ago) I replaced my rear brake shoes and drums and didn't shim. This time I only needed to...
• Re: Rear brake spring
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 17 Sep 2007 14:30:02 -0700
  ...sets are not quite correct. They are either too tight > or too loose. The springs should be replaced as part of any > complete brake...
• Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 Mar 2010 23:11:16 -0400
  ...My emergency brake will barely click once and will not go further and I have firm hill holding e-brake. Although discs in the...
• 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sun, 17 May 2015 16:34:54 -0700
  ...steering knuckles, install a "Bigger Brake Kit" - upgrade steering knuckles, install new '86 + calipers etc. - rebuild a spare set of Girling calipers. Is rebuilding...
• Re: Audi 100/200 dual piston callipers
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 06:18:08 +0000
  ...A new set of shoes and new pistons will cost a heck >of a >lot less than a disc brake system. My experience with...
• Re: 1981 Brake Caliper Decision
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Mon, 18 May 2015 11:08:10 -0400
  ...steering knuckles, install a "Bigger Brake Kit" > - upgrade steering knuckles, install new '86 + calipers etc. > - rebuild a spare set of Girling calipers. > > Is rebuilding...
• Consider this repair
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:12:30 -0600
  ...arms bushings, rear axle bearings and seals, new wheel cylinders, brake shoes and brake lines. I've got a complete extra pair of swing...
• Re: Big Thanks and Brake Wear PICS
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Fri, 13 May 2016 14:07:14 -0700
  ...order up a set of Porterfield Vanagon shoes. Would be fun to try those with the HD drums. http://porterfield-brakes.com/product_info...
• Re: Jaguar vs. Passat brakes on Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sat, 4 Feb 2012 14:03:08 -0700
  ...A properly working rear >> set up has a lot of surface area. A real problem with the rears is >> that the aftermarket shoes do...
• Re: Frustration in Brake Land
  Historical mailing list - Leon Korkin
  Fri, 2 Nov 2001 14:26:34 -0800
  ...I put a new > drum on and also a new set of shoes. We bled it three more times. Still > low pedal, kinda smooshie...
• Re: More brake questions
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 26 Jun 2005 07:54:20 -0500
  ...I replaced both sets of rear brake >shoes, hardware, and brake cylinders. One of which was >leaking pretty good. When I try to bleed...