Hi David:

Good to know, I was just about to try bleeding the brakes. Mark Drillock
just made a comment (Thanks Mark!) that I have the wrong blue spring
installed toward the front. Apparently the previous owner installed them
incorrectly, and I was following what was there. The PO also had the
adjuster installed incorrectly (long side of the "F" towards the front). I
did correct that part at least. It's no wonder I was so confused. I will
take things apart later today or tomorrow and see if I can do this
correctly. What a mess, but so glad the forum is here or I'd be totally
lost. Most appreciative of your time and effort!

Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
To: "Troy" <colorworks@gci.net>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, May 21, 2009 1:47 PM
Subject: Re: brake shoe installation help (long)

> At 05:38 PM 5/21/2009, Troy wrote:
>>bottom pivot point though (3mm on each side). I did install a new wheel
>>cylinder, and quite a bit of fluid leaked out in the process. I'm pretty
>>sure that the piston has collapsed some. Does anyone think that this may
>>be the problem? Perhaps these spacers
>
> The piston's not really relevant at this point since the shoes rest on the
> adjuster.  As long as the pistons retract that far they're out of the
> picture.
>
>
> >