Skip to main content
Gerry | Vanagon
Checking account...
← vanagon.com home · Continue the discussion in the forum
Subject:Re: Brake Pad Advice Wanted
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Thu, 1 Apr 2010 06:28:09 -0400

Yep!

Sorry for the typo!

Dennis

From: Jake de Villiers [mailto:crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 12:33 AM
To: Dennis Haynes
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Brake Pad Advice Wanted

That should read "Those do not make good friction."

What a difference a word makes!  =)

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>
wrote:

The best pads for stopping are probably the OEM special Jurids. The next
best aftermarket is the PBR metal masters. Good rotors, proper thickness is
a must. Having good rears also helps a lot. Low coast organic pads are be
avoided as is so called long life really hard do not wear pads. Those do
make good friction. Cheap pads will glaze and warp the rotors. Rotor wear is
normal and to some extent necessary to keep them deglazed and cut surface
rust.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Loren Busch
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 3:39 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Brake Pad Advice Wanted

Approaching the need to replace front brake pads. So I'm looking for
suggestions.  I'm ONLY interested in stopping power (and fade resistance).
So, what SPECIFIC brand/make/model is going to give me the best stopping
under normal conditions?  And please, I'm looking for specific make/model
and also a source if you have that.
BTW, the reason I'm emphasizing 'specific' is whan I asked a similar
question some time back I got a long string of vauge glittering generalities
without enough info to be able to order parts.
Thanks

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com
www.crescentbeachguitar.com
http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27