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'56 kombi update - brake problem solved
Historical mailing list
Fri, 7 Jul 1995 23:27:40 -0700 (PDT)
Yo Wellm I think I fixed the brake problem. I ran a quart of CLR thru the brake lines, interspersed with 3 quarts of...
Re: Low brake pedal
Historical mailing list
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:45:50 -0400 (AST)
>What would cause 'low brake pedal'? > >I just got new rear drums & brake shoes. I've checked the brake fluid brake shoes need adjusting...
Re: Dragging front brakes...why? how?
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 1 Apr 2004 02:40:12 -0500
...Dragging front brakes...why? how? I have dragging front brakes on my somewhat recently purchased 82 Diesel Westy. The brakes have been dragging from...
Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
Historical mailing list - mike
Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:19:19 -0700
Back in the dawn of time, or the automobile age at least, it was an emergency brake. Another way of operating a brake when...
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...
Cleaning Brake Fluid Spills
Historical mailing list
30 May 97 08:29:47 PDT
...As water is sprayed on objects with braked fluid, the brake fluid foams up, almost like a detergent. I kept spraying until the foaming...
Re: Parking Brake Slipping
Historical mailing list - Steven Dodson
Tue, 13 Aug 2002 02:40:02 -0400
...The parking >brake cable moves a lever that is attached to the rear most brake shoe >on each side. Check for a problem with...
Re: New brakes and pedal question
Historical mailing list - Project Pat
Tue, 9 Sep 2014 17:07:20 -0400
Front brakes I assume? Is the piston bore of your new calipers larger in diameter than the old? If so, in theory this would...
adjust parking brake?
Historical mailing list - Backus, Brian G
Thu, 7 May 1998 11:09:17 -0700
I've only done a rear brake job on my Vanagon once. But you know it's been so long ago that I forgot...
brakes
Historical mailing list - Leon
Tue, 29 Mar 2005 06:22:18 -0800
I picked up set of Audi5000T front brakes. Anyone knows exact spacing of mounting holes on Vanagon caliper carrier? Hope i don't have...
Re: 3rd brake light?
Historical mailing list - ROBERT O UELTZEN
Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:28:23 -0700
Gee....my 87 Vanagon doesn't have a third brake light on the hatch or anywhere else. Did the 87's have a third...
Re: Front brake noise of 91 Westy
Historical mailing list - Ben T
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 11:03:42 EDT
Fonni, The brake pads are the same for Westies and busses. You posting did not indicated what type of noise you are hearing from...
Re: Brake Warning Light
Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:20:16 -0500
Possibly the wire going to the hand brake is shorted to ground somewhere along it's length. Also my 84 vanagon does not have...
Re: slack in e-brake cable?
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:50:58 -0500
"If" the rear brakes were reassembled correctly and properly adjusted and if your brake pedal is normal and the brakes are working well (those...
Re: replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
Historical mailing list
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 09:03:20 -0400
...If you open the brake system, then yes, you have to bleed the whole system. Stick a pencil or something in open brake line...
Re: brakes breaks
Historical mailing list - wb6otg
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 09:50:09 -0400
...The brakes work fine in normal situations, but I have twice bottomed out the brake pedal on fast downhill stops. This situation is helped...
Re: Why do my brakes squeak?
Historical mailing list - John
Wed, 13 Oct 1999 00:54:47 -0400
Suzanne Hackett wrote: > > Why do the brakes on my 1990 Vanagon Carat squeak so horribly, even > after I've just had them redone? They...
Re: brake bleeding question
Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
Fri, 30 Aug 2002 10:39:04 -0400
The biggest thing that I have found to make the pedal feel more firm is to adjust the rear brakes properly. Many times the...
Re: Brake bleeding problems
Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:05:40 -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: Brake Problem
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Thu, 23 Feb 2006 21:47:21 -0600
Tim, Fist, be sure that the brake fluid you added is DOT 4, not something else. It won't have anything to do with...
Re: Brake light trouble
Historical mailing list - Cory Zumbrennen
Thu, 26 Apr 2001 13:34:11 -0600
...Found that no current was coming > from up front when brake depressed. Checked switches on brake master > cylinder, they had current but never made...
Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:55:17 -0400
You can upgrade to the later style brakes. This involves replacing the spindles with some "good used" spindles, then you just bolt on later...
Re: Brake Light Prob
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:55:08 -0700
...When all is working right, you lift the lever, (brakes on) the switch closes and connects ground to brake light unit. (light goes on...
Re: '87 Syncro brake failure?
Historical mailing list
Tue, 30 Jul 1996 20:08:33 -0400
...At the next stop, the brakes seemed fine. There was an odor burnt something afterward. Since then, the horrible squealing of the brakes experienced...
Re: '66 emergency brake cable
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:40:44 -0400
...http://www.wolfsburgwest.com/wolfsburg_new/brakes/bus_brake/brakes_bus.cfm YMMV, Mr. BZ-always stop in an emergency On Wed, Jul 18...
Brake lights--stay on
Historical mailing list - UWannaDeaL2
Mon, 2 Aug 2004 16:47:58 -0400
1989 Vanagon Brake light stay on I changed the brake light switch.. shut the van off lights may stay off tap the brakes brake...
Parking Brake ?
Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
Mon, 28 Jan 2002 00:05:21 -0500
I had the rear brakes on my '84 7-passenger redone in December. Parking brake lever, of course was much tighter than before. On...
Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
Historical mailing list
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 23:55:55 EDT
...The brake pedal went to the floor, but I still could stop. I > did not have the time to replace the rear brakes on...
Re: Causes of Brake Pull at Highway Speeds? (and some trip pics)
Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
Sun, 12 May 2013 03:06:06 -0500
...Front brakes: Residual pressure valve inop Brand X front brake hoses or hose collapsed Sticking Caliper Front wheel bearing out of adjustment, causing rotor...
Re: Big Brake options...Front Brakes do 80%
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Fri, 11 Jun 2021 17:58:21 +0000
In foggy memories from many decades ago in Physics class, it was clearly explained how the Front Brakes do about 80% or so of...
Re: front brakes
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Mon, 4 Jun 2012 14:05:08 -0400
Yes we have been selling the big brake kits for many, many years and folks who have to deal with brake fade in the...
brake proportioning valve (was: badly rusted mystery part)
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:12:01 -0500
...Just search for "brake proportioning valve". > > > http://www.autoanything.com/brakes/61A3155A0A0.aspx > > http://tinyurl.com/yu92cn > > http://rpmware.com/russell/russell-brake-proportioning...
Vanagon Front Brake Upgrade
Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
Mon, 19 Jun 2000 09:33:05 -0700
I have an '86 Westy that is due for a front brake job. I've been considering upgrading the front brakes, but the only...
Problems removing rear brake shoe pivot
Historical mailing list - Ron Maxseiner
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:42:36 -0500
...I encountered a problem removing the 'brake shoe pivot'. (The V shaped thing at the bottom of the drum brake that holds the brake...
emergency brake doesn't work well?
Historical mailing list - Brian and Carol Megas
Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:12:36 -0800
The emergency brake on our 86 Westy doesn't seem to work as well as we would like. When we park on a small...
1987 Vanagon Brake Light Warning Issue
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Sat, 18 May 2019 09:09:40 -0600
Brake Light Warning Light won't turn off ~ Have checked switch under E'Brake Handle & it seems to be functioning properly & Switch on Fluid...
Re: Arrangement of US Taillights
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:19:14 +0200
My setup is like this: ------------------------ --------------------------- | Turn | backup | Brake| | Brake | backup | Turn | |-----------------| - | | - |-----------------| | Tail | Tail/Cat| light | | light | Tail/Cat | Tail | ------------------------ -------------------------- This gives me more taillight...
Front Brake lines - Help! (new calipers)
Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
Sat, 11 Oct 2003 14:36:39 -0500
...Any ideas? Anyone know a source for metric brake line fittings? And, I will also need to give a brake line a pretty tight...
Re: wierd brake stuff :-(
Historical mailing list - Tony Polson
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 11:08:45 -0000
...When I >press the brake pedal in, it goes down quite far and the brakes do not grip >as they should. When I push...
help ; brake bleeding
Historical mailing list - John Lunetta
Thu, 28 Feb 2002 15:48:06 -0500
Does any one know the procedure for bleeding the brake system on a 1990 vanagon gl, w/power brakes? I replaced the rear brakes...
SA big brake kit..who has best price? also going in for surgery tomorrow..
Historical mailing list
Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:36:45 EDT
since my '84 wolfy looks like its going to need a front brake job..i was thinking of switching to the '86 up brakes...
Re: Brake Fade
Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
Tue, 6 Sep 2011 21:47:49 -0700
...I have had some OMG moments with my original brakes. I now have a set of S/A big brakes and S/A over...
Brake ? on 1984
Historical mailing list - jhlauterbach
Sun, 16 Sep 2001 15:58:13 -0400
I have a brake fluid leak that is showing up on the frame just below what I think (from Russian Ekta) is the P...
Re: 1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Sun, 6 Jan 2008 19:01:39 -0500
Doesn't the number of clicks vary between the early style parking brake lever and the later type? Mike Dennis Haynes wrote: > The only...
Re: SA big brakes: caliper rebuild kit?? UPDATE!
Historical mailing list - Tom Sinclair
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 10:29:08 -0800
Smallcar also sells a front brake kit using Audi twin piston calipers: http://www.smallcar.com/brakekitft.htm Tom --- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET...
Re: brake pedal to the floor
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 17 Oct 2005 05:01:07 -0400
You either have air in the brake system or the rear brakes are messed up. Does the hand brake work? If you pull it...
Re: Stuck Parking Brake
Historical mailing list
05 Mar 97 14:19:20 PST
Kelly - Naw, just need to take the wheel off, take the drum off and lube the parking brake cable and places where it makes...
rear brake shoes
Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
Sun, 12 Mar 2000 09:31:49 -0600
I just installed new brake shoes in my 91 and now find that the brake pedal goes to the floor (and just barely brakes...
Re: New drums, now brake pedal goes to floor
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Mon, 15 May 2000 18:40:16 -0500
...Marshall Ruskin 84 Westy >I replaced the brake drums on my '87 Westy. I loosened the brakes up to get >the new drums on...
Re: '86 up brake improvent on vanagon??
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Wed, 9 Jul 2003 07:03:40 -0400
> Better stopping power with the 86 and newer front brakes. Larger caliper > and pads, floating type mounting. > > front brake parts that were changed from...
Re: B-r-r-r-a-a-a-k-e-s
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 21:57:18 -0700
Vanagons have their brakes split front-rear. Those older volvo's had two brake lines to each front caliper, so that one 'half system...
Re: Brake Warning Light
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Mon, 20 Nov 2000 16:04:51 -0800
You might check the brake fluid level in your master cylinder reservoir. There is a level sensor in the filler cap, and if the...
Re: Vanagon + LED Brake Lights + AudioVox CCS-100
Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
Wed, 6 May 2020 16:26:54 -0700
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/threads/st1300-audiovox-ccs-100-troubleshooting.119551/ Brake Wire Connection: The purple wire from the cruise control servo...
Re: Squeaking Brakes
Historical mailing list - Art McGinn
Mon, 20 Oct 1997 22:22:34 -0700
...Squeaking Brakes > Date: Monday, October 20, 1997 12:59 PM > > Squeaking brakes on the 82 Westy seems to be increasing in frequency, > though is...
Re: Rear brakes
Historical mailing list - David Gunning
Mon, 22 May 2006 10:20:37 -0400
Not sure if this info is useful to you in any way, but as it relates to vanagon brakes and appears to have at...
Re: 82 air cooled automatic vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
Fri, 15 Oct 2021 19:23:48 -0700
Seal in master cylinder fails allowing brake fluid to pass into the booster chamber. Diaphragm in booster fails allowing brake fluid to the vacuum...
Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
Mon, 1 Jun 1998 07:57:40 -0600
Austin wrote: > > At 05:52 PM 5/29/98 -0700, you wrote: > >Lately my 1988 Double Cab requires me to pump my brake pedal...
Re: replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
Thu, 21 Jun 2018 14:39:01 +0000
...Master cylinders work on a simple premise. Suck in brake fluid and them compress it. The suck / gravity feed takes place when the brake...
Re: Brakes dashboard light -- DANGER?
Historical mailing list - George Gaudette
Sun, 9 Apr 2017 20:37:34 -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...
Re: Brake booster woes.
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Wed, 1 Aug 2001 09:18:05 -0400
> Volks, > I have an issue with my brakes on my 81 westy. They work, but not as well > as they should. No air in...