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Re: Oh oh....grinding bad???
Historical mailing list - John Bange
Wed, 4 Jan 2006 22:38:59 -0800
...like rear brake dragging maybe. Perhaps stickiness from sitting around not moving? I had a broken spring in my right rear drum, a piece...
1985 Vanagon - parking brake cable adjustment
Historical mailing list - AAG - Larry Word
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 21:23:55 -0500
...position and thus away from the drum(s) - is that simply the job of the rear brake shoe "return springs"...... Anyone have a rule...
Re: rear wheel cylinders
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:53:03 -0700
...Be sure you reference the picture in > the Bentley manual as to how to install your rear brake hardware. Many > times the person before...
Rear disk brakes
Historical mailing list - Fin Beven
Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:09:34 -0700
...The front disk brakes look just OK, but the rear drums look rather bad, and quite rusty. I'd guess that this question has...
Re: Rear Drum-to-Disc Swap?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:47:27 -0600
...Recently I put new, heavy duty drums on the rear and replaced the shoes. That finished off the pedal feel (I press maybe 1...
Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:33:25 -0400
...brakes the Vanagon gets some poor press for the brake design, and the choice that they still used drum brakes in the rear. Yes...
Rear Brake Saga Pt. 2
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Mon, 16 Apr 2001 23:47:25 -0500
...I removed the rear drums today and sent them out to be cut. Now mind you that these drums and brake shoes are not...
Re: Rear Brakes - How do you get JUST the drum off?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 12:04:43 -0400
...any suggestions here? I'd like to put new brakes on the > rear before heading to Saskatchewan on the 1st. > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > -- David...
Rear Brakes Seized?
Historical mailing list - James V
Mon, 1 Nov 2010 17:58:13 -0700
...I've had the rear drums seize up from rust before, but usually it frees up easily with some gas pedal coaxing. But the...
Re: Stupid Question of the Day - Brake Drums?
Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 19:43:47 -0600
Tabe, STOP!!!! NO OIL ON OR NEAR THE BRAKES! You don't want to get oil on the drums, shoes, or other brake components...
Re: Rear Brake Drum Removal Suggestions?
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:38:17 -0400
At 05:22 PM 7/23/2008, Richard Golen wrote... >Any suggestions on how to "pop" the drums from the hubs? First, remove the...
Re: Soft Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 21 Mar 2012 19:59:22 -0400
...Brake Pedal Pressure after driving with Emergency brake on. I thought the rears were self adjusting? So I have not replaced my rear drums...
Re: True Lies (was Re: Rear Drum removal)
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Wed, 6 May 1998 18:37:43 -0700
...Maybe there's some sort of puller you can use on these drums (not the hub, the drum) but it seems improbable: the brake...
Re: Big Brake Kit $575
Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
Thu, 28 Oct 1999 13:08:42 +0200
...brake drum installed in it (like BMWs have). Many parts --> high prices... If only I could mount calipers on my vanagon�s rear! Then...
Re: Addendum to question on Parking Brake Cable
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Sun, 13 Jan 2013 20:31:14 -0800
...both rear brakes have been adjusted and that if >>>> I >>>> adjust the drivers side any tighter, I can not put the drum back on...
Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Sun, 4 Jul 2010 07:35:37 -0500
...Now, if drum brakes are less effective than disc brakes, why do so many vehicles have rear drums? Vanagon content here in that vanagons...
Source??: Rear brake drum bolts
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Fri, 30 Jul 2004 07:46:01 -0700
There are 2 bolts that hold the rear brake drum on my 91 syncro: 7mm (size) by 12 mm (long) with a head size...
Re: rear brake adjusting
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Sun, 7 Oct 2001 09:03:48 -0700
...the exciting new responsive web based archives for > info on my rear brakes. (86 vanagon) I have been trying to determine > which way to...
Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
Sun, 28 Feb 1999 21:04:39 -0600
...gonna replace the rear brake pads....... > >I can get the rear passenger-side wheel off, but I cannot get the drum off, >no matter...
Re: 90 Westy - Soft Brakes after driving with E-brake on for 30 miles
Historical mailing list - Annie
Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:07:05 -0700
...anywhere on the planet with parking brake on > only one wheel. > > Obviously, a careful, drums off, rear brake inspection is in order. > I wouldn...
rear brakes ?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:35:36 -0700
...the rear driver side brakes when stopping..Also, after tapping back there, I found a pile of brake dust under the drum, indicating that...
Re: Rear Drum removal
Historical mailing list - Dusty Miller
Fri, 8 May 1998 03:23:55 +0100
...Rear Drum removal >Hey > From following this thread I am assuming that you can take off >the drums without a puller and removing the...
Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums. Need to do a better job at proof reading!
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 23 May 2016 22:17:07 -0400
...There is no brake pulsing as it was when parts were new. Image of possible heat damage to drum and shoes. Drum http://tinyurl...
Re: Need rear brake backing plates (now rear Discs?)
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:21:32 -0700
...just got through putting on Heavy Duty rear > > drums and new > > BD brake shoes and my brakes are stellar ... Eric even commented how good...
Re: rear brake adjusters?
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:04:42 -0400
...rear drums, choosing the location carefully so I could access them through the wheel holes, and no more rust problems on the rear brake...
Re: Rear Brakes - How do you get JUST the drum off?
Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 09:32:18 -0600
...later, fred David Marshall wrote: > > I didn't mean to start another long and nasty thread here, but, I have seen > the rear drum...
Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:08:20 -0500
Hi John I might suggest if the rear brakes got adjusted on a regular basis then you would not go threw pads as often...
Re: Brake Help Please!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Sun, 28 Feb 1999 14:44:07 -0700
...gonna replace the rear brake pads....... >>> >>> I can get the rear passenger-side wheel off, but I cannot get the drum >off, >>> no matter...
Re: Help Please-Rear End Noise!
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 11 Oct 2002 21:36:32 -0500
...Just finished installing new > rear brakes - shoes, drums, hardware, wheel cylinders - and now I have a > definite "clunk" in the left rear, one clunk...
Rear brake
Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:20:39 -0400
Rusty left and right rear brake cables take the small force required to move the shoe, and through a magnification of the friction and...
Re: Useful Brake Drum Tip - ?? - PICS
Historical mailing list - neil N
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:55:37 -0700
...jpg > > http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/DrumAntiseize.jpg/DrumAntiseize-full;init: > jpg > > A while back, I had my rear brake work checked by a local...
Re: Rear Brake Adjuster Video: Drum With Window
Historical mailing list - Neil N
Tue, 17 May 2016 23:10:00 -0700
...Rear Brake Adjuster Video: Drum With Window > > I know. Clearly I need to "get a life".... LOL > > The shorter story is, I wasn't...
Stupid Question of the Day - Brake Drums?
Historical mailing list - tabe johnson
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 15:17:45 -0500
...pend.) How do I pull the rear drums? Tried tapping (OK, hammering) from all sides to no avail. I don't have to remove...
Rear Brakes - How do you get JUST the drum off?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:54:39 -0700
I didn't mean to start another long and nasty thread here, but, I have seen the rear drum removed from a Vanagon without...
Re: Brake Drums
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Tue, 05 Apr 94 19:19:52 CDT
>Does anybody know if brake drums for a '74 camper can be >used on a '91 Vanagon Camper? doesn't sound stupid to me...
Re: Removing rear brake drums?
Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 05:26:43 -0600
The drum center's have grown onto the hub------heat is the only answer. ______________ |[ ] [ ] [ ]\ | | | | ~~~ ~||-(())----(())-| Terry-- 74 Campmobile- (Clementine) 85 GL- (Delilah) 86 BMW 325...
Rear brake adjusters
Historical mailing list - Dick Wong
Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:43:31 -0700
Has anyone added adjustable pivots to the rear drums on a Vanagon? Rumor has it that the shoes do not make full contact and...
Re: Soft brake
Historical mailing list - Aaron Reams
Thu, 7 Mar 2002 15:00:54 -0800
> I adj the shoes all the way to the drums & I still have a soft brake. No leeks around > the master cylinder. > The rears...
Re: First Time Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:28:04 -0700
...of the drum, I simultaneously pried with a screw driver and hit the drum front and then rear edge, and the drum literally jumped...
SUMMARY: drum brake adjustment
Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
Thu, 09 May 1996 10:10:38 +0200
...work on the rear brakes. There are (usually) 2 small bolts in between the wheel bolts which hold the drum in place. These are...
Low brake pedal
Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
Wed, 2 Apr 1997 06:32:34 -0800
Hi, What would cause 'low brake pedal'? I just got new rear drums & brake shoes. I've checked the brake fluid resevoir & it's...
Re: Parking brake adjustment, '82
Historical mailing list - Doug Fitz-Randolph
Wed, 7 May 2008 11:54:02 -0400
...brake was on. I did that with the drum on. My cables both slide freely, but, again, the angled ferrule that is the rear...
Re: Vanagon wheel and TEMP guage questions
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 12 Mar 2002 21:58:28 +1200
>Does anyone know the consequences of removing the rear bolts that position >the brake drums on a Vanagon? I have some 16 Inch MErcedes...
Re: slack in e-brake cable?
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:45:04 -0600
...You need to pull the rear >drums, unhook the end of the brake cables from the lever inside the >drum, and then remove the...
Re: Setting E-brake causes adjuster to adjust? Hot Drums.
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sun, 22 May 2016 10:37:56 -0400
...ve replaced nearly every part in my rear brakes. The shoes are so >> close to the drums, I have to leave the adjuster bar...
Re: Lack of brakes long version saga actually
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Fri, 6 Mar 2009 07:49:41 -0500
...Measure your drums to be sure they are in spec. Then adjust your rear brakes out far enough that the shoes are just touching...
Re: Rear brake drum/shoe replacement - bleed brakes? grrr
Historical mailing list - Neil
Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:22:40 -0700
...shoes aren't centred to drum yet but part of the shoe linings are touching the drums thus making the e-brake feel normal...
Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:35:20 -0400
...Some drum brake system use a residual pressure valve to counter this. I encourage you to research rear brake cylinders for Vanagons.
78 bus won't move -- brakes?
Historical mailing list - Rodney L. Boleyn
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 10:35:46 -0400
...I figure the rear brake shoes are rusted to the drums. Is there anything else that could possibly be wrong? It's only been...
Re: variable brake pedal travel
Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
Mon, 1 Nov 2004 06:11:12 +0000
...I still have the problem >and have decided that it is caused by improperly adjusted rear brake >shoes. The reason I didn't notice...
Rear brake hardware kits
Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:50:33 -0700
...I went to re-assemble the rear brakes, with all new parts, only to find the retaining pins in the hardware kit were too...
RE: Rear brakes squeak
Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
Tue, 21 Nov 1995 11:16:10 -0700
...Some cars wrap the brake drum with a spring similar to that used to close a screen door. This stops the drum from ringing...
Re: New Drums
Historical mailing list - neil n
Sat, 19 May 2012 08:20:31 -0700
...brake pretty hard > and see if you feel pulsation there.. > if you do ..it is for sure associated with one or both rear drums...
Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Aug 2003 - Special issue (#2003-795)
Historical mailing list - don spence
Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:19:55 -0600
...I > also replaced both rear drums with new drums and > installed new rear brakes. I have tried adjustment as > well - all that does is...
Re: Rear axle
Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:06:36 EST
Hey John, How do you get the brake drums off w/out taking the axel nuts off? Is that a late model thing (I...
Re: Removing rear brake drums?
Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
Sun, 28 Oct 2001 09:19:06 -0700
...rear shoes. After taking the two 10 mm bolts off, I wedged the flat end of a brake adjusting tool between the drum and...
Rear wheel noise
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Sat, 15 May 2021 01:16:47 +0000
...For anyone that needs a full rear brake job with drums and backing plates, if you have larger wheels, just go for the rear...
Fwd: RE: Brake Repair '81 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Tue, 21 Jul 1998 13:16:34 -0700
...rear drums= 50ea 100 Ft caliper rebuild kit= 25 rear brake cylinders= 10ea 20 Ft pads= 30 Rear shoes= 25 Brake fluid= 15 Rear...
Brake Help Please!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Don R. Preston, Jr.
Sun, 28 Feb 1999 11:59:55 -0700
...gonna replace the rear brake pads....... I can get the rear passenger-side wheel off, but I cannot get the drum off, no matter...
Re: First Time Rear Brakes
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 6 Jan 2004 13:01:02 -0600
...I assume it will all transfer to your '88 (I haven't seen any major > rear-brake differences described in Bentley or Haynes). > > Tim > > >