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Subject:Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
From:Hermann the German
Date:Sun, 24 Nov 2002 14:24:22 +0000
<html><div style='background-color:'><DIV>IMHO, the emergency brakes are a joke. Both my Westy and syncro have to be in first or granny respectively to stop rolling backwards on our&nbsp; moderately sloped driveway. Nothing so far has changed that in 7 years of ownership: new brakes, new cables, readjusting, replacing, you name it we've done it. Four years ago the doorbell rang late at night. A police officer kindly informed me that the Westy had slowly&nbsp;rolled down the driveway and was blocking the street. I still had the old wasserleaker in it, and the low compression together with the emergency brake could not hold the van in place. For a while I used a choc-bloc (sp?) with a long rope. After starting the van I would put in in first,&nbsp;jank the rope and reel&nbsp;in the bloc. The back out of our driveway.&nbsp;<BR>Cheers,<BR>Hermann de Boer </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Kansas City,Missouri
<DIV></DIV>87 Westy "Eurospec"
<DIV></DIV>89 Syncro GL
<DIV></DIV>"...even if you win the rat race, you are still a rat..."
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Ben T <BENTBTSTR8@AOL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Reply-To: BenTbtstr8@AOL.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 07:55:56 EST
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;In a message dated 11/24/02 4:22:36 AM Pacific Standard Time,
<DIV></DIV>&gt;bmegas@ISLAND.NET writes:
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;&lt;&lt; Do
<DIV></DIV>&gt; other list members find that their emergency brakes
<DIV></DIV>&gt; work really well on hills, or not? &gt;&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Brian,
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<DIV></DIV>&gt;I have parked my 2wd van on what is reputed to be the steepest paved city
<DIV></DIV>&gt;street in the world (22nd St @ Church St in San Francisco). My parking brakes
<DIV></DIV>&gt;hold the van fine at 4-5 clicks w/ the shifter on 1st gear as back-up.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;BenT
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