For what its worth, both my vans parking brake bars are at an angle and work
effectively - the '86 more so than the '84 but that's to be expected.

On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> Given that my parking brake doesn't do a whole lot, I climbed under the
> van to take some slack out of the linkage. I stopped when I saw that the
> equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right angle to
> the centerline of the van as I expected. I'm not sure what this means. I
> don't have the tools to adjust the brakes.
>
> --
> Rocky J Squirrel
> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
> Bend, OR
> KG6RCR
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

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