I was having a difficult time removing and replacing the pads on my German
army surplus DoKa a few months back.  Thought the pads were a bit oversized
what with a bit of paint of the edges or some such thing.  Turns out, after
a quick flashlight inspection, that there was a pretty good-sized wad of
rust on the insides of the calipers blocking the way.  Got out a hammer and
chisel (screwdriver?) and sandpaper, etc.; after a bit of effort, had a
functioning brake.  Really should replace both calipers, but ...

Karl Wolz

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|David Beierl
|Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:58 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: lucas brake pads in 87 westy
|
|At 02:28 PM 8/23/2010, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
|>The idea is that they can slide toward the disc slightly under pressure
|from
|>the piston, ,
|>but ideally there is zero slop at the same time.
|
|To be even more clear about it, ideally the *only* motion of the pads
|once they are properly seated on the disk will be to take up
|wear.  With brakes released they still touch the disk, but don't
|press on it.  Disk runout might knock them back a few thou.
|
|Yours,
|David