Hey Scott, Van Cafe has the South African drums - thicker etc:

http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_225_632/south_african_vw_brake_drum_kit.html

Jake

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <
scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> re
>
> "Recently I put new, heavy duty
> drums on the rear and replaced the shoes>"'
>
> Care to elaborate on that ?
> I am not aware of any 'heavy duty' rear brake drums for vanagons.
>
> on the parking brake 'distance the handle will pull up' thing ...
> there is some 'free play' built in before the first click...
> but .....should have a bit more play there than 'grabs on the first click.'
>
> at least check rear brake temps after 'just driving' .
> Might back off the parking brake cable some .
>

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Jake

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