At 09:56 PM 1/15/2001, Ken Hunter wrote:
>I have new rear drums and brake shoes on my 82 Westy. The adjuster is screwed
>in all the way but the e-brake just won't hold. Duh, is it possible these
>cables have stretched over the last 19 years?

Prolly not that much?  I think it's more likely that the shoes are too far
from the drum.  Did you clean out the adjuster mechanism, and adjust the
brakes to spec with the handbrake cable loosened (usually leaving it alone
should be ok, but if it's overtightened it would interfere with things, I
think).

d

David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"