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Subject:Re: Rear brakes, '81 Vanagon
From:Will Wood
Date:Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:26:13 -0700

When shoes are remanufactured, they're typically built up with a little
more material, i.e. oversized.  However, I've never seen a set of shoes
specifically designated as such.

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> From: DHaynes57@aol.com
> To: Multiple recipients of list <vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu>
> Subject: Re: Rear brakes, '81 Vanagon
> Date: Friday, December 06, 1996 4:53 AM
> 
> In a message dated 96-12-03 22:10:43 EST,
young@sherlock.sims.berkeley.edu
> (Beth Young) writes:
> 
> << All three of my manuals say that I should fit oversize shoes if I
>   turn the drums.  I don't remember this injunction with any other cars
>   I've worked on, and when I ask at my local FLAPS about oversize
>   shoes, they just give me puzzled looks.
>  
>   Do "oversize" shoes really exist?  Are they really necessary? >>
> 
> Not any more and the thin drums will warp.
> 
> Dennis