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• Re: Wheel cylinders with oem spring?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 11:57:29 +0000
  ...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: Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help!
  Historical mailing list - David W. Palmerston
  Wed, 6 Jun 2001 07:54:22 -0700
  Standard Vanagon action - adjust the rear brakes and the emergency brake and the pedal problem will go away (unless you've had an early...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:03:07 -0400
  ...It would be prudent to inspect rear brakes. If all looks good readjust rear brakes: loosen the parking brake cables, remove clean and lube...
• Re: Flooding in Cal
  Historical mailing list - Jack Agnew
  Tue, 10 Jan 1995 11:28:28 -0800 (PST)
  ...I parked it recently with wet brakes, set the parking brake, and when I > came back the brakes had seized. It took a substatial...
• Re: Sarah's Webpage ! (f)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Dec 1995 17:17:15 -0700
  ...When a Brit refers to "bleeding brakes" are we unsophisticated "colonists" supposed to insert the proper acccent and assume that you're talkin about...
• SA Rear Drum Brakes at V-Cafe
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:18:04 -0800
  ...but isn't there some tale where its better to have a combination of both disc brakes and drum brakes, that all disc can...
• Re: Brakes completely died.
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:24:08 -0700
  ...m going > to have him replace it all if necessary, I'm not messing around with bad > brakes. > > Thanks again for your help. > > Bryan
• Re: Help with dragging brakes
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 17 Nov 1994 14:19:17 -0400 (EDT)
  ...be able to escape from the wheel cylinder when you let off the brakes. Another problem could be your return springs are shot. RIc
• 86 Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Scott P Johnson
  Sat, 25 Jul 1998 11:44:26 -0500
  ...Everything went well; it's not the first time I've done the brakes. I drove it; it worked fine. My wife drove it...
• Re: Wheel cylinders with oem spring?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:58:02 -0400
  ...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: Towing Vanagon with Vanagon. Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:40:17 -0500
  Thanks to the RV industry there are a number of products available to operate the brakes in towed vehicles. Bring money. Depending on state...
• Re: Brake warning light on
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 30 Apr 2017 17:56:59 -0400
  To answer the original question, you can test the switches with an ohmmeter, wires unplugged, brakes applied and not. Each three-terminal switch has...
• Bird chirps from front brakes on '84
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 12 Nov 2011 11:01:52 -0500
  ...If I were making a turn or applying the service brakes, chirping stopped. Mechanic rechecked his work and said all okay. Now chirping has...
• Re: NVC bleeding antilock brakes question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Mon, 13 Jun 2005 15:08:56 -0800
  ...NVC bleeding antilock brakes question > Sorry to ask on the list for this, but there are some good > mechanics on > this list and so...
• 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...
• FW: reverse coast lock-up!!
  Historical mailing list - Pollard, Matthew
  Thu, 3 Dec 1998 07:30:51 -0800
  > crazy idea, but i know on older cars, the brakes were adjusted by braking > and reversing. But this was in an old pinto that...
• Brakes lock-up
  Historical mailing list - C. Chris Snyder
  Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:05:51 -0400
  Hope some one can shed some light on this new problem with rear brakes???? Yesterday while I was backing out of my drive way...
• Re: 86 Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - PATT
  Sun, 26 Jul 1998 00:22:31 -0400
  ...Slow traffic in fast lane, I hit the brakes and absolutely nothing. Frantically pump the pedal just enough to avoid rear ending cars ahead...
• Re: Rotors? Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 08:36:44 -0700
  ...Rotors? Brakes? > Its time for me to put new brakes and rotors on my 87. What is the best > configuration for this. Should I...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Wed, 7 Mar 2007 05:36:43 -0500
  mordo, There is an adjustment access hole in the backing plate. It is covered by a rubber plug. They "self" adjust by either pressing...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 15:28:10 -0700
  ...and that was even being easy on the brakes. auto trans always puts more load on brakes.. unless you keep 'er in 2nd for...
• replacing front brake hoses (WAS Re: upgrading brakes in 83.5)
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:58:37 -0400
  ...Would I have to bleed the rear brakes (ore even also the clutch) if I remove those front hoses? -Wes On Thu, Jun 14...
• Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Mon, 1 Jun 1998 12:04:45 -0400
  ...Before and now after the > servicing, my brakes were/are slightly soft, and after a couple cycles > of the brake pedal are noticeably tighter...
• one happy (sort of) vanagon owner
  Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
  Thu, 4 Apr 2002 19:43:15 -0500
  ...Well, this guy had to replace the star adjusters and OVER TIGHTENED the rear brakes. Now the hand brake won't move to the...
• Re: Spongy Brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:40:30 -0400
  ...The brakes in my Vanagon are nice and firm. They're *much* firmer than the ones in my Ford Econoline. Those brakes kinda scared...
• Re: Low Brake Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:52:17 -0500
  If you pump the brakes, does the pedal come up to where you think it ought to be? Mike > On my 85 Wolfie Auto...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 15 Sep 2013 12:55:15 -0400
  ...Even moderately aggressive stops can make the brakes smoke. When I took the road test for it in additional to demonstrating use and testing...
• Re: Bleeding brakes - 1.9 - questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 20:19:56 -0800
  ...First I got the wheel brakes pretty straightened out .. but it still seemed like 'booster' ......or MC, or both. new MC made a ton...
• Re: Comments on Splittie (brake circuits)
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 13 Sep 2002 22:54:41 +1200
  >>ok--the brakes--properly adjusted brakes are very adequet--gotta remember >>they are vintage 66. ever try to stop a 66 muscle car--not...
• brake question
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 16:23 EDT
  ...Can I just replace the fluid and bleed the brakes? Is bleeding the brakes the same procedure as the clutch? I replaced the master...
• brake question
  Historical mailing list - vanagon
  Thursday, July 18, 1996 3:40PM
  ...Can I just replace the fluid and bleed the brakes? Is bleeding the brakes the same procedure as the clutch? I replaced the master...
• Re: Bleeding brakes (sorry more info now)
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 22 Oct 1998 09:48:03 -0700
  The easiest way to bleed brakes is with a power bleeder. You don't have to get a pedal pumper (girlfriend?) to push and...
• Lost Power Breaks..uh-oh HELP!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 19 Oct 95 08:28:44 EDT
  ...then i went to put on the brakes.....power breaks were gone. now, when i first got the bus, the vaccum hose was split...
• Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:03:01 -0400
  Your not going to fit bigger brakes under the 14" wheels. 15" or bigger if you want the 228mm brakes. They happen to be...
• Re: Help..............won't stop
  Historical mailing list - Darie Duclos
  Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:45:53 +0200 (MET DST)
  I'm not versed in brakes on a '72, but I've just been told that a similar problem on my vanagon is probably...
• Re: Brakes: out of the frying pan, and into the fire!
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 16 Feb 2016 01:58:53 +0000
  ...whats up with hard pedal but no brakes. What do I CHECK? > > JOHN >
• Spongy Brakes & Travel to Yellowstone
  Historical mailing list - Ed Bass
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 14:02:23 -0400
  I'm a little late for the thread but I wanted to advise that my 87 Westy also has spongy brakes. You push once...
• Squish...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:10:13 -0400
  ...I don't notice it sinking if I suddenly hit the brakes, or it I pump the brakes. No leaks at the wheels. Fluid...
• Re: Brake bleeding problems
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Mon, 26 Mar 2012 14:50:25 -0600
  On Mar 26, 2012, at 2:05 PM, Bryan Feddish wrote: > Also, the brakes don't feel "great" because I > have new pads up...
• Re: Braking power
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Thu, 19 Mar 1998 08:42:10 -0800
  ...But since you said Vanagons have great brakes... mine > doesn't. OK, but not great. I'm begining to think I should change my...
• Re: Parking Brake vs Left in Gear - Siezed Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Harold Teer
  Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:33:44 -0500
  ...In both instances, it occurred after washing the van and the wheels (thus getting water in the rear brakes), and then not driving the...
• Re: Hot brakes!
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 10 Apr 2018 15:26:12 +0000
  ...Hot brakes! Howdy y=E2=80=99all, I was coming down a steep, windy road in Malibu last night, and st the bottom I...
• Re: Brake questions-HELP
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Sat, 18 Jan 2003 19:23:14 -0800
  ...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: upgrading brakes in 83.5
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 05:05:49 -0700
  When I got around to the point where I did my from brakes, I found that 3 out of 4 calipers had seized. After...
• Re: weird little brake noise - thanks
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:21:58 -0700
  Thank to everyone for the numerous and quick responses - ranging from "no problem, don't worry about it" to "all your brakes might be...
• Fwd: Euro: Brakes: FIX 81 Volkswagen TRUCK, Mechanical, REAR BRAKES
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 23:01:29 -0400
  ...Also used stock Before we all go out running after GTI brakes, note of course this guy is talking about a RABBIT truck, for...
• Re: How many Vanagon list members (and my brakes)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 2 Mar 2003 09:40:26 -0600
  ...adjust the rear brakes Larry A.
• Re: Help! Brake trouble - 83.5 liquid-cooled Westy
  Historical mailing list - Chris Paquette
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 17:06:44 -0800
  ...It's not the master cylinder; it's not the brakes themselves, as they have been adjusted; still, the problem persists. I'd be...
• Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Tom Salicos
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:36:25 -0800
  ...smarter to do first? 1) Upsize the now-stock front disc brakes or 2) Put discs on the rear? Tom Salicos '87 Syncro Westy...
• Re: Rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Mon, 22 May 2006 12:16:35 -0400
  ...When brakes readjusted again, vibration is very light now so seems to be rear brakes. My guess is that the brake pads may have...
• Re: Brake Fade
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 7 Sep 2011 00:24:25 -0400
  ...And in New York any trailer 1,000 pounds or more will have its own brakes! For the budget mined the brake spindles, calipers...
• Re: Any better BRAKES? for 91 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Thu, 8 Apr 1999 21:34:27 -0500
  ...And later I noticed a some annoying faint squeaking while driving and not applying brakes, too. Brakes didn't squeak while applying during short...
• Brake Warning Light
  Historical mailing list - John Houser
  Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:56:55 EST
  ...This means that either I have a problem with the brakes or the system thinks I have a brake problem. As far as I...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:43:13 -0700
  Well, it's my understanding the jake brakes on trucks are engine-speed dependent. So, the truck is shifted to a gear that spins...
• Re: pop up camper - safe towing with the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Tue, 23 May 2006 13:51:13 -0400
  Dennis Haynes has posted information about the limits of sensible towing with the Vanagon and its brakes many times over the years. He warns...
• Re: Brake question
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 1 Apr 2007 05:25:00 -0700
  ...Is this normal for the Vanagon's? Should I rebleed the brakes? <snip> Troy 89 Westy Troy- The most likely culprit for your low...
• Re: brakes
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Hogue
  Mon, 12 Feb 2007 08:49:39 -0400
  ...Denis H. > suggested it's my power brakes booster...I have not done anything with > it yet. > > Pascal > '84 Westy > > > -----Original Message----- > > I am...
• Re: VR6 TOW ?
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:32:08 -0800
  The maximum allowed by TuV in Germany is 2000KG with brakes for a 2WD T3 and 2500KG for a Syncro - this is even with...
• Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:15:33 -0800
  Bill, Sometimes the rear brakes do need adjusting. It is true they are self adjusting but the mechanism is not reliable for self adjusting...
• Re: Brembo Disc Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Giasson, Pascal (DNR/MRN)
  Mon, 16 Jan 2006 09:00:50 -0400
  ...Brembo Disc Brakes I was wondering what people thought of the Brembo Front Disc brakes they make, how they compare with others that fit...