Hi John

I might suggest if the rear brakes got adjusted on a regular basis then you
would not go threw pads as often
When I adjust the rears I pull just the drum adjust, and test fit the drum
back in place. I find this improves braking

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes

> I suspect this is very true. In the 10 years I have owned my 88 GL I
> have replaced the front pads many times. But until just this year I have
> never had to replace the rear shoes. There was always plenty of material
> on the shoes. But those front pads did wear out. So9 most of the braking
> load does occur on the front brakes. To me this  is ONE of the obvious
> reasons for going to front disk brakes by the engineers.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> rpc wrote:
> > In respect to balance between front and rear brakes, the front does the
brunt of the work in any vehicle.  It is unbalanced, learned this riding
motorcycles.
> >   Chris C 90mv
> >
> > Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote:
> >   I suspect sales in SA were higher than several hundred...
> >
> > On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Sam Walters wrote:
> >
> >
> >> FWIW, there probably are at least several hundred Vanagons on the road
> >> now with 15" front disc brakes and stock rear brakes. I don't
> >> remember
> >> any discussion of this creating any problems for any one.
> >>
> >
> >
> >