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• brake shoes cont.
  Historical mailing list - Lee Roesner
  Sun, 12 Mar 2000 17:34:24 -0600
  ...Going out tomorrow to buy fluid and a 7mm wrench (right one I hope?) and bleed brakes. Is there a wheel order I should...
• Fw: Brakes-
  Historical mailing list - raceingcajun
  Fri, 25 Apr 2014 11:06:08 -0500
  ...adjustment, and or bleed! Would not drive until resolved. Howard >Subject: Brakes- >the first pedal-push is smooshy and close to the floor. The...
• 88 GL - Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:09:01 -0600
  ...Anyone have a copy of or a link to Dennis Haynes instructions on how to set up rear brakes properly? Thanks, John
• Brake questions-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Michael Brown
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:56:29 -0500
  ...The brakes would take 3 pumps to pump up, so I replaced the master cylinder. After I replaced it, I bleed the brakes. Now...
• Re: Rear "Self-Adjusting" Brakes... Don't
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 May 1999 13:25:27 -0400
  ...Rear "Self-Adjusting" Brakes... Don't >Greetings, All: > >When I initially got my '88 Westy about 6 months ago, all was well until I...
• Re: Big brake and rear disc brakes for 87 westy
  Historical mailing list - WILLIAM WINGET
  Tue, 27 Sep 2022 20:20:43 +0000
  ...I am coming close to needing to do my brakes.  I put 17" wheels on My van so upgrading the brakes is next.  I...
• RE: anybody know of problems with '93 EV brakes?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 08:38:37 EST
  When we first took possession of the Eurovan, I noted a difference in the 'feel' of the brakes. After our first 5,000 miles...
• Squealing Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 1 Oct 2001 21:18:55 -0500
  ...Are there any little fiber separators or something that will stop these squealing brakes ?. The old brakes were this way and I never did...
• Re: Brakes & potential problems
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Wed, 15 May 2002 21:11:32 -0700
  ...If it works a lot better you have lost the adjustment in the rear brakes. For all intents and porpoises, the auto adjust mechanism...
• power bleeder for brakes
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 07:35:49 -0500
  Hi all, I have sort of followed this thread on bleeding brakes, but I'm not sure whether anyone has mentioned the power bleeder...
• 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...
• Brake failure
  Historical mailing list - Nomadix
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 14:41:26 -0700
  ...Wife opened gate brakes failed barely missing her and partial opened gate till I was able to pump brakes several times while downshifting to...
• Re: bleeding brakes
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 25 Jun 2001 22:09:59 -0500
  marty wrote: > Hi List!! I have a dumb question, is it ok to bleed the rear brakes with the > wheels off (drums on)? Sure...
• Brake proportioning valve (BPV) or pressure regulator question
  Historical mailing list - Erick Faith Jimenez
  Tue, 5 Mar 2002 08:51:11 -0600
  To the brakes gurus: I have a ' 90 Westy (USA version) and have checked the brakes: * Changed the slave rear right cilinder (it was...
• 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...
• Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 11 Apr 2021 21:12:10 -0400
  Hi List, Today we got a opportunity to test the GW front big brakes and rear discs. A ca coming off interstate 91 did...
• Re: Almost a Westie (Those Vixen MHs)
  Historical mailing list - Florian Speier
  Tue, 6 Oct 2009 14:44:40 -0700
  ...brakes get upgrade to air brakes, another $2000. suspension is gm. There is currently one for sale in reno with only 60kmiles for $15000...
• BRAKES FOR E VANS
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 9 Jul 1997 20:13:58 -0400 (EDT)
  Has any E VAN owners replaced the front brakes yet? Are there any aftermarket sources for pads and rotors? I'm down to the...
• ATE brakes or not?
  Historical mailing list - David Priemer
  Fri, 19 Mar 1999 23:34:55 EST
  Yeah, I dont have my Bentleys yet (on order) but i need to know what kind of front brakes i have. So how can...
• Brake and Clutch Bleeding; Sequence
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Mulligan
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 10:55:53 -0400
  I'm planning to flush the brakes and clutch and am wondering which to do first. Brakes first (LR, RR, RF, LF), then slave...
• brake break-in
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Wed, 19 Jul 1995 15:54:05 CST6CDT
  John says: > One other thing - while test driving and test braking I noticed that a > rapid series of hard pumps on the brakes seems...
• Re: Brake question
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 09:59:19 -0700
  ...if rear brakes need adjusting, make sure you adjust them before adjusting (if needed) your emergency brake cable. Neil. On 4/1/07, Evan...
• Brakes question
  Historical mailing list - Paul Clarke
  Thu, 24 May 2007 17:43:58 +0100
  ...Any ideas of how to beef up brakes then are most welcome. Warmest wishes for the summer ahead :) Paul 82 Vanagon Westy
• RE: disc brakes on earlier bus
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 4 Aug 94 09:42:26 bst
  ...These are the stock brakes for this model year, although a servo was available as an option. BTW its a 1600 which may have...
• Wheel cylinders with oem spring?
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:42:02 -0700
  ...Now I want to do my rear brakes and I can't find the post... My brakes were done at the dealer around 100k...
• Re: Big Brake options
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:10:35 -0700
  The only way to actually know whether the brakes stop better, or require less pressure for the same stopping, compared to the stock brakes...
• Trans. Braking or breaking (same thing)
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:49:40 -0400
  ...So you can down shift when approaching every red light and you can make your brakes last longer. You just saved $100 in pads...
• FYI: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:30:59 -0400
  ...http://www.brakestrips.net/drivers_home.htm -- H�ctor 1990 Carat 'Ursula' By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is...
• Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Thu, 14 Jun 2018 22:42:41 -0400
  Hi Ken! My symptom is that when I slam on the brakes, the van just doesn't stop very quickly. The van doesn't...
• Re: Master cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Tue, 27 May 2008 09:19:59 -0700
  ...The rear > brakes are self adjusting. If they are not working, you get more and more gap in the rear > brakes causing the pdeal...
• Re: Thoughts on the coming rear disc brakes from GW?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 2 Feb 2016 09:05:31 -0800
  Eric, I would not bother with this, big brakes front and rear are a safety upgrade when you put in a Subaru 2.5...
• Weird brakes
  Historical mailing list - Elizabeth Chamberlain
  Wed Apr 24 23:13:55 1996
  Since the van has come out of winter hibernation I have noticed that the brakes are more resistant and slow. I am detecting a...
• power brakes
  Historical mailing list - j dunne
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 09:15:34 -0800
  ...I have a weird problem with power brakes on my 91 vanagon. The servo is definitely working, and the brakes are very effective, but...
• Re: brake problem, DOT4, and Drinking...
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:51:33 -0600
  Andrew Fox wrote: >The other day I was driving down a mountain road and went to use the >brakes and there was almost nothing...
• Re: '56 kombi brake problem
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 Mar 1995 13:05:23 -0500
  ...Bled the brakes. Now I have almost no brakes! > > I now know that I hafta screw it back in, but I'm wondering exactly...
• Re: Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:11:09 -0500
  ...Bleeding brakes. Motive, si! > > > I have one of the Motive power bleeders and I use it regularly. They are >> the tool of choice for...
• Help...Brake Question
  Historical mailing list - Jere Hawn
  Sat, 13 Apr 2002 00:33:35 -0700
  Hi All can some one please help? Here's the story as told by the digi-wife: "First there were brakes and then they...
• Re: '87 Syncro brake failure?
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 30 Jul 1996 23:51:58 -0400 (EDT)
  ...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: Comments on Splittie
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 12 Sep 2002 19:45:46 -0500
  ...are those single circuit brakes or dual circuit? > > As with many imported cars, VW models sold in the US have dual > circuit brakes from...
• Re: 88 GL - Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:20:20 -0500
  ...88 GL - Rear Brakes I've got to tear into the rear brake on Ol' Red. I hesitate to ask - but: Anyone have a...
• Re: Rotors? Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 14:04:00 -0400
  > Its time for me to put new brakes and rotors on my 87. What is the best > configuration for this. Should I get a...
• GW bigger brakes availability
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:03:48 -0700
  GoWesty has been "temporarily sold out" of their bigger brakes ( http://www.gowesty.com/product-details.php?v=&id=23870) for what seems like...
• '71 brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Nottingham
  Wed, 4 May 1994 22:48:01 -0400 (EDT)
  Hey, anybody happen to know the correct Raybestos part # for a set of rear brakes shoes for a '71 bus? The morons at the...
• Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - mordo
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 18:34:05 -0500
  ...Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes To: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Agreed, but getting the rear self adjusting mechanism working would be...
• Re: power bleeder for brakes
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:03:01 -0500
  ...power bleeder for brakes > > > Hi all, > > I have sort of followed this thread on bleeding brakes, but I'm not > surewhether anyone has mentioned...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 22:29:03 -0500
  ...In both cases when it happened I just didn't think it would, but there was never a place to get off the brakes...
• No brakes
  Historical mailing list - C. Chris Snyder
  Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:50:08 -0400
  ...If I pump the pedal, I get my brakes back. I checked the master cylinder when I got home and it is full. I...
• NEED HELP
  Historical mailing list - Tony DeMille
  Thu, 8 Oct 1998 16:22:47 +0000
  If I just had my rear brakes done is the pedal supposed to "bob" or "pulse" up and down as I apply the brakes...
• Brake Bleeding
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 2 Sep 2002 11:25:10 -0500
  I replaced my brake master cylinder yesterday and now need to bleed the brakes. Is it necessary to futz with the brake pressure regulator...
• Re: Vanagon Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mark Mages
  Wed, 13 Sep 2000 21:20:29 -0700
  ...This is even more of an > issue when travelling at > highway speed with 4-7 passengers! > > I know that larger front disc brakes have...
• Re: Rear brake adjustment wheels?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Fri, 13 May 2016 07:05:55 -0700
  Actually, the way self-adjusters work is based on the rotation of the shoe assembly when one brakes while backing. To adjust, back slowly...
• Need for upgraded brakes for engine conversion
  Historical mailing list - Syncronicity1
  Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:50:50 -0700
  Folks, One of the items I picked up in various engine conversion discussions is the need to upgrade brakes, or that the higher HP...
• Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:35:20 -0400
  ...Fully sorted stock brakes do an admirable job of stopping my Westy Syncro. Keep in mind that although rear brakes do not contribute much...
• Re: Rear disk brakes
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Brooks
  Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:26:22 EDT
  ...the Van anytime soon, go for the gusto and get disk brakes in the rear. I used to do a lot of stuff with...
• Re: Rear Disc Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Wed, 21 Dec 2005 21:32:30 -0500
  ...On 12/21/05, robertmstewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote: > So I started thinking the other day... > > Is it possible to install rear disc brakes...
• Re: Why rear brakes are evil, and how to make them good.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:16:52 -0500
  ...I did the brakes on my 86' when I was running it and could never get it quite right - the brakes worked ok but...
• Installing Audi brakes on the Vanagon Syncro
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:52:34 -0700
  I finished installing my 276x25mm Audi 100 brakes on my TriStar today. Nice difference! Please see http://www.syncro.ca/AudiBrakes for the details...
• Re: Cheap disc brake upgrade for 81'-85' V'gons (a Long Report)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sun, 22 Aug 2004 21:14:37 -0700
  ...convert to 86'-91' disc brakes >B. convert to Audi 5000/Audi 100 disc brakes >C. convert to SA Big Brakes There are other...
• Eng. off/cold; brake pedal goes to floor. Eng. on/pump pedal; pedal height ok.
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Sat, 7 Oct 2006 22:21:10 -0400
  ...So I finished working on my rear brakes. Thanks in part to my questions answered on WetWesties and Diesel Vanagon re: bleeding brakes. But...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 15:38:03 -0700
  ...And as low as practical too . > > and of course not turning that energy into something useful... > as in regen brakes ....conventional brakes work great...