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• V'gon Hand Brake Cable Q
  Historical mailing list
  20 Dec 96 05:45:28 PST
  ...Bentley says nothing about the cable at all. Haynes just says to pull out the cable. How do I remove the handbrake cable? How...
• Handbrake cables for 1967 Type II
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 19 Apr 1996 22:34:35 -0400 (EDT)
  ...I have just been quoted $80 (Can) for each handbrake cable for my 1967 Deluxe. Can anyone tell me the name of a reasonable...
• slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Alfonso
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:10:40 -0800
  ...when the handbrake is off, the adjuster and the cables just dangle about an inch and a half lower than they would be with...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 13:56:54 -0400
  ...I have removed both rear drums and watched the mechnaisms work as someone else pulled the handbrake. I have replaced both handbrake cables to...
• Re: Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:14:38 -0400
  ...cables are routed properly inside the brake... had this problem on my Van when I bought it. >Also, how do I adjust the handbrake...
• Re: Handbrake cables for 1967 Type II
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:36:35 -0400
  ...for each handbrake cable for my 1967 >Deluxe. Can anyone tell me the name of a reasonable supplier for these >cables? They have to...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Aug 2003 - Special issue (#2003-795)
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 10:19:55 -0600
  ...d say you have a "normally functioning handbrake with free moving parts (cables, shoes etc). The handbrake is marginal at best on most vehicles...
• Re: Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 19:02:06 -0400
  ...how do I adjust the handbrake? Do I just crawl underneath and > adjust the bolt on the brake cable going back there? Yes, but...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Sun, 10 Aug 2003 17:37:12 -0700
  ...the > mechnaisms work as someone else pulled the handbrake. > I have replaced both handbrake cables to no avail. I > also replaced both rear drums...
• Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Aug 2003 - Special issue (#2003-795)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Pickersgill
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 16:53:39 -0400
  ...d say you have a > "normally functioning handbrake with free moving parts (cables, shoes > etc). The handbrake is marginal at best on most vehicles...
• Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 5 Aug 2003 16:17:28 -0700
  ...I have removed both rear drums and watched the mechnaisms work as someone else pulled the handbrake. I have replaced both handbrake cables to...
• Handbrake Woes
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Tue, 4 Jan 2000 07:42:15 -0000
  ...Just replaced all of the handbrake components on the van, but seem unable to get the handbrake to work with any effectiveness (it only...
• parking brake cable
  Historical mailing list - Shaggy
  Thu, 30 May 2002 17:13:31 -0700
  do I have to drop the fuel tank to replace the front cable that goes to the handbrake? Shaggy ===== Shaggy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo...
• Re: Handbreak cable
  Historical mailing list - Dr. D.W. Carment
  Wed, 13 Jul 1994 21:40:28 -0400 (EDT)
  If any one wants or needs to know how to intsall a handbrake cable for a Vanagon, I just did it and it isn...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:54:07 +1300
  ...you'll need a couple of pulleys to run the cable around and have the cable lengthered. I had the underdash handbrake on my...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Clark
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:49:31 -0400
  ...I have removed both rear drums and watched the mechnaisms work as someone else pulled the handbrake. I have replaced both handbrake cables to...
• Handbrake Woes - Sorted :-)
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 10:25:06 -0000
  ...Then I re-adjusted the handbrake cable until the handbrake worked. It now holds the Van on a slope without problem, I got back...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:26:13 -0700
  ...you'll need a couple of pulleys to run the cable around and have the cable lengthered. I had the underdash handbrake on my...
• help-corroded handbrake rod and nut
  Historical mailing list - Karl Bloss
  Fri, 23 May 1997 08:56:02 +0000
  I need to adjust the handbrake on my '87 Vanagon and the adjustment locking nut is badly corroded to the connecting rod. The problem...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:35:44 -0700
  ...you'll need a couple of > pulleys to run the cable around and have the cable lengthered. > > I had the underdash handbrake on my...
• Re: slack in e-brake cable?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:03:55 -0800
  ...when the handbrake is off, the adjuster and the cables just dangle about an inch and a half lower than they would be with...
• Re: Low brake pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 2 Apr 1997 12:45:50 -0400 (AST)
  ...adjust again slightly if needed. (Your handbrake cable may be way out of adjustment so be ready to set it up too.) New shoes...
• Re: E-brake relocation
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Oct 2005 15:07:55 -0500
  ...you'll need a couple of > pulleys to run the cable around and have the cable lengthered. > > I had the underdash handbrake on my...
• Re: Handbrake Problem - Can't figure it out...
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 6 Aug 2003 21:25:06 -0500
  ...the > mechnaisms work as someone else pulled the handbrake. > I have replaced both handbrake cables to no avail. I > also replaced both rear drums...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 08:38:14 -0500
  ...I would guess that a cable hanging down would be the handbrake cable. By '84 they were using a solid rod for the single...
• long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:41:25 -0800
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the rear...
• Re: Clutch Cable
  Historical mailing list - Phil Marston
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:28:30 -0000
  ...I would guess that a cable hanging > down would be the handbrake cable. By '84 they were using a solid rod for > the single...
• Re: Bleeding Bloody Brakes
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Mon, 23 Dec 1996 12:24:37 -0500 (EST)
  ...Found a piece of plastic pipe that was > just big enough to go over the handbrake side. Slid it over the > cable to butt...
• Re: Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:00:24 -0500
  ...Did you clean out the adjuster mechanism, and adjust the brakes to spec with the handbrake cable loosened (usually leaving it alone should be...
• Re: Hand brake
  Historical mailing list - Tracey Knight
  Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:05:57 +1100 (EST)
  ...I had that same trouble and was told by the VW guy I go to for advice that the cables had probably seized. They...
• Re: 85 Vanagon - emergency brake no "catching/holding"
  Historical mailing list - mike
  Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:19:19 -0700
  ...Another way of operating a brake when the primary cable broke. My folks actually had a car with cable brakes when I was a...
• '80 Brake Master Fixing Q's
  Historical mailing list
  18 Dec 96 07:29:11 PST
  ...Tried to loosen handbrake adjustment nut, and managed to break the threaded rod, bummer. Off to the other '80 Westi to snag that cable...
• Re: Metalic Chirping
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Fri, 17 Nov 2000 08:51:28 -0500
  ...brakes done? If the handbrake cables are in the wrong place a chirping sound can be transmitted through the cable. Put your hand on...
• need locate brake part for 69
  Historical mailing list - Timothy D.F. Maddox
  Tue, 13 Jun 95 17:21:08 EDT
  ...I need the handbrake levers for my 69 bus, you know, that lever that attaches to your rear brakshoe and your handbrake cable attaches...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 7:25:26 EDT
  ...5 gal left....I have lowered the tank to replace the handbrake cable and it is a messy and difficult job. Replacing the sender...
• Re: Real Cheap traction
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 09 Apr 1996 17:06:15 -0400
  ...fabricate longer cables; rig fairleads to bring the cables into close parallel; fabricate new bottom hinge for two stock vertical bars; new top plate...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:52:39 -0600
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > rear...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:13:21 -0800
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > rear...
• Re: master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 5 Feb 2015 20:06:03 -0500
  ...How did you adjust the rear brakes? Are the brake cable properly set? The handbrake can only be adjusted with the drums removed so...
• Re: Locking differential
  Historical mailing list - paul guard
  Tue, 2 Jan 2018 10:40:19 +0000
  Have you tried pulling your handbrake on half-way? That's all you need to do for temporary LSD-like action, and it works...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:00:39 -0800
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > rear...
• Spongy Brakes + adjusting handbrake
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Sat, 25 Oct 2003 09:33:41 -0700
  ...Also, how do I adjust the handbrake? Do I just crawl underneath and adjust the bolt on the brake cable going back there? Thanks...
• Bleeding Bloody Brakes
  Historical mailing list
  23 Dec 96 05:58:11 PST
  ...Found a piece of plastic pipe that was just big enough to go over the handbrake side. Slid it over the cable to butt...
• Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 17 Jul 2021 13:51:47 +0000
  ...Now install the handbrake cable and adjust so that the lever almost touches the adjusting rod. It is important that when the handbrake is...
• Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 14:06:10 +0000
  ...Again this is the only way to adjust the handbrake. Same if a follow up adjustment is needed for cable sheath or sheath collapse...
• Re: Milestone reached and Traction question
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 12:41:25 EDT
  ...They simply pull on the parking brake cables one side at a time. BenT <A HREF="http://hometown.aol.com/bentbtstr8/myhomepage/index.html...
• Re: Box behind/below driver seat.
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 5 Apr 2000 09:07:18 -0700
  David, adjust your parking brake cable so your handle doesn't come up so far, you really don't want to be camping without...
• Re: Rear brakes resend due to reply getting blocked.
  Historical mailing list - Steve Williams
  Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:41:18 -0600
  ...Now install the handbrake cable and adjust so that the lever almost touches the adjusting rod. It is important that when the handbrake is...
• Re: Rear Brake Adjustment Reminder
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
  Fri, 9 Nov 2001 08:41:35 -0800
  did you first loosen the emergency brake cables (not just the lever)? I seem to recall that as the first step in tightening Bug...
• Re: Happy Friday, Rear brake adjustment.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Fri, 2 Sep 2022 12:33:25 -0400
  ...Again this is the only way to adjust the handbrake. Same if a follow up adjustment is needed for cable sheath or sheath collapse...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:29:38 -0700
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the >> handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the >> rear...
• Re: Ignition turned "off", engine stays on. Pull up handbrake engine goes off??
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 17:07:22 -0700
  ...there's some small gremlin being tweaked by movement of the handbrake cable..... though unlikely. Right now I'm experiencing an on/off power...
• Re: long term parking on hills
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:22:47 -0500
  ...I had thought that perhaps I could tighten the > > handbrake cable, but reading this makes me wonder if I need to check the > > rear...
• Re: *&^%@ gas gauge!!!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 11:51:39 MDT
  ...5 gal left....I have lowered > the tank to replace the handbrake cable and it is a messy and difficult > job. Replacing the sender...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:53:23 -0700
  ...OR - Anyone done any brake work lately? We just fixed this problem on a Syncro van, someone had routed a handbrake cable OVER the...
• Re: Box behind/below driver seat.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 7 Apr 2000 04:05:12 -0400
  At 12:07 4/5/2000, Stuart MacMillan wrote: >David, adjust your parking brake cable so your handle doesn't come up so >far...
• Re: W. Coast Canada members, was Re: Spillbuster cup/glass holder
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 12 Feb 2013 17:58:39 +0000
  ...White Westy (at the time), little kid, frozen handbrake cable? tabe >Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:24:21 -0800 >From: Alistair Bell <albell...
• Help needed with AIR-COOLED parts identification
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 11 May 2010 08:56:24 -0400
  ...I should have said, the handbrake cable sheath. The actual cable runs within it. >#3 -- Hmmm -- oil pressure sender? I'm confused a bit...
• Re: Parking brake cable stretch
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:29:18 -0800
  ...Did you clean out the adjuster mechanism, and adjust the > brakes to spec with the handbrake cable loosened (usually leaving it alone > should be...
• Re: Kelly Park VW show, valuable documents and sheetmetal
  Historical mailing list - john keith hopp
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:57:03 -0600 (MDT)
  ...The sheet-metal pannel that **covers the master-cylinder, handbrake cables, etc. My 69 came without **one, Ken's 71 came without one and...