Dennis Haynes warned us of this spring inside the rear brake cylinder
issue a few years ago. Too bad he seems to missing lately. No posts
since the big moderator frenzy in mid Jan, not that I am aware of any
connection to that.

Mark

aatransaxle wrote:
> Back when we had the good German parts, the rear cylinders had springs in
> the bore to keep the pistons engaged a bit. This made for a nice tight firm
> pedal as long as the adjustment was good.
> Nowadays, not sure if any of the replacements have the springs in them.
> I would buy the best quality possible from our online vendors rather than
> chance a FLAPS part of unknown origin. Guys like Ken at Vanagin or
> VanVolks
> Cafe work on these things and DO know the drill.
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> (425) 788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
> 86 Syncro Westy
> Zetec in the trunk
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:16 AM
> Subject: Re: another brake saga...aha!
>
>
>> I got out my the old wheel cylinder that was not leaking.  I had
>> thrown away the one that was leaking.  The old one appears to be OEM,
>> may be original.  The difference between this one and the FLAPS one I
>> bought is that the OEM one has little clips in the slot that engages
>> the shoe.  This holds the piston out against the shoe.  Re-bled that
>> wheel cylinder, adjusted the brake shoes, now I've got a nice firm
>> pedal that doesn't become soft after a few minutes as that piston
>> drifts back into the cylinder. I still have to take a test drive so
>> success is tentative.
>>
>>..............