I have an '87 Westy and am wondering how it should `feel' when I brake
hard at high speed, let's say 55 mph or higher. Now with any car that
I've owned if I brake hard at high speeds I feel a smooth, firm
deceleration, as if the brakes are grabbing properly. But with the
Vanagon it's different - if I brake hard I get a rather severe
vibration (the whole bloody van rattles) and the brakes feels like
they grab then slip, grab then slip, grab then slip ... I get a rapid
whop whop whop whop noise and feeling.

I took the van in to my local VW mechanic and he replaced the master
cylinders in the rear. Now that *improved* the problem greatly but I
find I still get alot of shaking and vibration when I brake hard at
high speed. Or at least it's nothing like the smooth deceleration I've
experienced with or other (non-VW) vans.

Is this normal?

dan
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Dan Resler

Dept. of Mathematical Sciences
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
23284-2014 USA
email: resler@liberty.mas.vcu.edu