First I wrote this :
Receding pistons in vanagon rear wheel cylinders ?
Does not compute. 
Not possible.  The pistons return to 'zero' each time, and that's it. 
..........now, I'm saying they return to  'zero' by the adjuster rod between
shoes, the one just below the wheel cylinder. That determines how far
towards zero adjustment the pistons return to. 
Scott  

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Shawn Wright
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:14 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Wheel cylinders with springs?

I thought I had filed a message a while back from Dennis Haynes
mentioning which brands of rear wheel cylinders come with the oem springs
to prevent them from receding and causing a soft pedal. I can't find it...

Anyone recall which brands to watch for, and who carries them?

Mine are not leaking, but look pretty rough, so I'd like to get the good
ones in
there.

Thx

Shawn Wright
http://members.shaw.ca/vwdiesels
'88 Westy 1.6TD 5 speed
'85 Jetta Diesel 1.6NA