Of course you can buy a lot of really good brake parts after you run off the
road or into something else. And in New York any trailer 1,000 pounds or
more will have its own brakes!

For the budget mined the brake spindles, calipers, rotors, and hoses from an
86 and later will bolt up. Slightly larger pads and 15mm thick rotors
provide some improved heat dissipation. It is real important for the rear
brakes to be working properly.

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Rocket J Squirrel
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 5:50 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Brake Fade

On 09/06/2011 02:17 PM, Don Hanson wrote:

>    A fully loaded camper with an auto tranny...that is near the limit
> for stock brakes...that is why people change to Big Brakes....a little
> extra safety margin...

A-yup. Add a small trailer loaded with camping gear to the mix, and you can
really feel how soft the brakes are. I'd so add a big brake kit but unless
I'm missing something, they are beyond my budgetary limitations.

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
Bend, Ore.
1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in San
Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.

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