Ron:

> Anyway, the weird thing is...  The shoes I took off
> had almost full
> thickness of lining material at the bottom of each
> shoe but the top of each
> shoe was worn down almost to the metal!!  All four -
> two shoes each side -
> worn the same!  The top almost gone, the bottom full
> thickness!

I'll bet that with the new shoes, you will still have a mushy-feeling pedal
with excessive pedal play.  The reason for this is that your drums are
probably worn beyond their maximum diameter.  I just had the SAME THING
happen to me.  As it turned out, the drums were .060 over the max allowable
diameter.
 I would take those drums to a brake shop and have them measured.  If they
are out of spec, you can get new ones from list vendors for about $40 each.

The weird brake wear pattern is probably why these Vanagon brake drums are
so particular about being in spec (for diameter)

Brent Christensen
'89 GL Syncro Westy

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