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• '56 kombi brakes yet again...
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 16 Jul 1995 22:34:47 -0700 (PDT)
  Yo, I played with the bus brakes again today. I was grazing thru the catlogs the other night, and started noticing the brake springs...
• Re: JUST BRAKES franchise warning!
  Historical mailing list - Vdub Guy
  Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:24:47 +0000
  <$75 later I wonder how many people JUST BRAKES ripped off who didn't know any better? At least one I work with, and...
• Re: netiquette
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:15:52 -0700
  ...Mike brakes, break, indeed! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@WORLDNET.ATT.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 8...
• Re: Westys For Sale in the Charlottesville, VA Area
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 2 May 1999 22:32:45 EDT
  ...Front disc brakes(?), 1600 dual port engine. >> '71 was the first year for disc brakes on buses. chris
• Re: towing capacity with big brakes and turbo zetec engine
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:11:31 -0700
  ...trailer brakes would make the whole affair about 75 % better and safer, over no trailer brakes. .. in terms of braking and braking while cornering...
• Re: Rear disk brakes - proportioning valves?
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 09:59:31 -0700
  This is exactly why anyone who's considering putting rear disc brakes (or aftermarket fronts) on their Vanagon should buy them from a vendor...
• Re: Brakes (I'm concerned...)
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:32:37 -0700
  ...These brakes were not significantly upgraded from the lighter '71 to '79 type IIs, and are marginal. But the good news is you might...
• Re: Clutch and Slave stuff
  Historical mailing list - Bill H.
  Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:59:59 -0700
  ...The brakes went mushy yesterday but very quickly went to nothing. The pedal hits the floor and no braking pressure. So it's the...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:13:51 -0700
  thanks Mark, so no need to upgrade to bigger brakes on Syncro 16"... :-) On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 11:11 AM vw_van...
• Re: Why Bigger Brakes Was Cause of brake rotor warping
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 13 Sep 2013 17:17:20 -0700
  ...In both cases when it happened I just didn't think it would, but there was never a place to get off the brakes...
• RE:Power brakes [was idle problems]
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Sykes
  Mon, 18 Sep 1995 10:07:23 BST
  >Well, I thought all the '71 Buses had power front disc brakes. Every >one I've seen has them, any way. But I admit...
• Re: Front Berings, Shocks and Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 10 May 2000 09:22:42 -0400
  At 22:37 5/9/2000, David Ricketts wrote: >Rear brakes. Looks like you just remove the wheel and the drums pry >off. Doesn...
• Re: Spongy Brakes (Help!)
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:52:03 -0700
  ...The brakes work, but i most certainly can't lock them up. Fortunately, i happen to know the PO and original purchaser of my...
• Re: Help-need advice and mechanic in Davis CA
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:29:01 -0700
  ...I'm figuring I blew a brake line --I'd hit the > brakes harder than I've ever hit brakes in my life. I...
• 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...
• Re: Weak Brakes on 86 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 3 Jul 2009 07:52:46 -0400
  ...Rear drum automatic adjusters stuck/not working? Have you tried manually adjusting the rear brakes?
• subscribe
  Historical mailing list - Holly and Chris
  Tue, 24 Mar 1998 09:29:37 -0600
  ...top, '65 body, '69 chassis, '72 Ghia front disc brakes, '74 914 rear disc brakes, '78 Transporter engine, A/C, and eventually a 911...
• Re: Drilled Rotors vs. Big Brake Kit - related Q
  Historical mailing list - Brian Spisak
  Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:33:10 -0800
  ...Are you talking about vented rotors or big brakes? I didn't think the big brakes fit the syncro. Brian
• Re: burning smell - brakes or tire?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 4 Jul 2013 11:32:27 -0400
  Time to thoroughly inspect the brakes and consider caliper replacement. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf...
• Re: I learned alot about my brakes today....
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:48 -0700
  ...Well yesterday i bled the > brakes and it seemed to give the pedal a bit more of a consistent feel, but > the pedal is...
• Re: are rear brakes self adjusting?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 28 Dec 2000 14:35:51 -0500
  ...When the travel gets long enough the claw engages the next tooth on the wheel, and pulls it back when the brakes are released...
• Re: Big Brakes for 14'' rims? WAS: Re: front brakes
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:14:49 -0400
  ...PM, phishman068@gmail.com wrote: >> >>> Your not going to fit bigger brakes under the 14" wheels. >>> >> >> A listee commended the Power Slots rotors* for...
• Re: Speaking of rear disc brakes...
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:54:19 -0500
  ...Go for the larger brakes up front if you can find them. Most of the braking is done with the front wheels. I opted...
• Re: Brake light switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:21:53 -0600
  Whoah, Ken! I think you meant to say "if you are NOT stomping on the brakes at the same time." I used the same...
• Re: Brakes still going to the floor
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:05:05 -0400
  ...Bleeding brakes takes some > meticulous attention to every second of the job, it is easy to 'slip' > during the process and any air in...
• Re: Why are my brakes dragging!!??
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Mon, 5 Dec 94 8:50:12 PST
  > Jonny Miner writes, continuing the saga of dragging brakes: > I posted a few weeks ago about my brakes, recieved some tips, followed > some advice...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 25 Apr 2006 to 26 Apr 2006 - Special issue (#2006-359)
  Historical mailing list - Neal Barrentine
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 21:39:44 -0500
  ...The cost of the energy lost due to braking, and the money spent on maintaining brakes is a lot less than the wear on...
• Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 18:46:30 -0700
  Well, I have the 276mm dual pot Audi brakes on my TriStar - cross drilled and slotted and the stopping power is pretty good but...
• Re: [Syncro] Larger 303mm Syncro brakes
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:53:33 -0700
  ...MB brakes, > > though I don't believe it covers any info about disc offset. > > > > http://www.w124performance.com/images/W124_brakes/124_brakes.xls...
• Re: Rear disk brakes - proportioning valves?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 08:04:41 -0400
  ...Does their kit include a >proportioning valve so that you don't lock your rear brakes before the front >brakes or is this already...
• 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: brakes
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 22 Dec 2002 21:45:18 -0600
  ...When I bled the brakes I got some help an I did the grunt work down under the van to open the bleeder valves...
• Re: Bleeding brakes. Motive, si!
  Historical mailing list - Graham Challis
  Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:58:37 +0000
  ...Bleeding brakes. Motive, si! > > I have one of the Motive power bleeders and I use it regularly. They are > the tool of choice for...
• 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...
• Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Robert Clemmer
  Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:34:50 -0400
  ...Only problem is now it doesn't feel like the rear brakes are doing their fair share. In 15 minutes of local traffic, the...
• Slipping Brakes?
  Historical mailing list - Erik Rhodes
  Thu, 4 Dec 1997 07:27:23 -0800
  I think I know how brakes work but can't fathom what's causing this, so I must not know enough... On my '79...
• Re: Brakes and brake pads
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Wed, 13 Jan 1999 16:35:54 -0800
  ...but can someone comment about rear brakes. I realize those shoes don't do much of the work but (mine at least) seem to...
• Re: Rear brakes frustration
  Historical mailing list - Courtney Hook
  Wed, 1 Feb 2012 16:19:40 -0800
  ...Rear brakes frustration Im thikn about going disc on the rear! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
• Birdlike Brake Noises
  Historical mailing list - Jim Maginel
  Thu, 14 May 1998 09:24:39 -0500
  I have traced a "chirping" sound to the right front brakes--activated by bumps in the road, and more recently when applying the brakes...
• Re: Master cylinder question
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 26 May 2008 23:54:37 -0700
  I am no expert in Vanagon brakes. But I did two brake jobs on my two Vanagons recently. The result of the fist brake...
• Re: brakes breaks
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:31:08 -0400
  My 1982 Westfalia's brakes have always traveled about 1/3 to 1/2 down before feeling meaty, but they work perfectly well (30k...
• Re: rear brakes ?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:39:57 -0700
  ...When I wrote no "Power Brakes" I had in mind an Anti-lock brake system..which takes control of your wheels and automatically brakes...
• Re: Parking brake pressure (was I've had it)
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 3 Jul 2010 20:56:44 -0700
  ...Right, or > wrong? Van brakes perfectly well, but the parking brake does not > engage the front. Parking brake works only on the rear brakes...
• Re: that pesky noise...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 29 Aug 1999 10:22:28 -0600
  ~K~ wrote: > > Hey all.. > > Is it possible that brakes would make a sound even when driving? That's my > new theory (brakes).The sound...
• Re: Rear disk brakes
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Wed, 20 Oct 2004 12:57:34 +0200
  http://vwbus-online.de/feussner/bremse/ These are the brakes I developed with my friend for his mid-engine doublecab. 288x25mm vented up front...
• interference with braking (on radio)
  Historical mailing list - Geneva Saint-Amour
  Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:15:32 -0600
  ...But when we apply the brakes the radio gets static/fuzzy. Brakes off= radio clear. BTW- we have no operating reverse lights due to...
• howling brakes/mechanic in buffalo
  Historical mailing list - Joe Lucca
  Thu, 29 Oct 1998 09:48:45 EST
  ...what would be the cause of howling brakes if the brake pads have just been changed within the past 2 months, and if any...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Thu, 15 Oct 1998 16:01:29 -0700
  What's this? Disk brakes all around? Please tell me more! Is there an easy way to do it, or does it involve the...
• Re: slow vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:33:59 EDT
  Are you parking brakes released? Will each wheel roll freely? I once garaged my 928 for months when it did this exact same thing...
• It was the brakes
  Historical mailing list - Katherine J. Maas
  Fri, 27 Aug 2004 16:59:04 -0700
  ...It was the front brakes � pads were worn down. I�ve now replaced them and all is well. Katherine -- Katherine J. Maas �Act as...
• Re: Rusted/stuck bleeder on '82 Westy brakes
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 3 May 2005 11:03:59 -0400
  The early brakes have a second bleeder valve that is for some other purpose.Maybe for caliper draining. Perhaps this valve can be opened...
• Re: Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Mick Kalber
  Wed, 30 Aug 2000 15:04:59 -1000
  My disc brakes in my vanagons always squeaked... well, not always, but frequently. And even after brake jobs too. I always thought it was...
• Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:26:05 -0500
  ...Spongy Brakes > > I just replaced the calipers on my 84 westy and after > bleeding the > brakes > twice, my brakes are still spongy (after pumping...
• Re: 88 GL - Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Tue, 31 Dec 2013 17:49:49 -0600
  ...88 GL - Rear Brakes > > I've got to tear into the rear brake on Ol' Red. I hesitate to ask - but: > > Anyone have a...
• brakes done (right this time)
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:19:04 -0600
  I took apart my brakes again (argh) and found that I had the adjusters installed incorrectly. I corrected the problem based upon a Dennis...
• Re: see the chaplain
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Redford
  Tue, 20 Sep 94 14:53:07 PDT
  ...I figured with 45K miles, it'd need brakes soon. At work they called me and asked why I wanted brakes. I said 'well...
• THANKS - Report (brakes)
  Historical mailing list - neil
  Mon, 16 Apr 2007 12:19:55 -0700
  ...First off thanks for help on brakes (bleeding) FWIW, I used the gravity method to bleed brakes. (no time to get parts together to...
• Re: master cylinder (p-mail)
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sun, 15 Apr 2007 12:29:42 -0800
  ...When I was adjusting the brakes, this is pretty much how things were acting as well. In other words, the brakes would hit in...
• Re: Freeing Rear Brakes
  Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
  Sat, 22 Jan 2000 18:03:23 -0500
  ...Freeing Rear Brakes >Hello all- >I set about to renew the brakes on the transporter last week end. Front >brakes pads went as smoothly...
• Re: Rear Brake Shoe Design Questions
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 2 May 2009 23:59:26 -0800
  ...Just curious what happens when you go to "big brakes" in the front?? Do you then need disc brakes in the rear to balance...