If they were that hot you may have glazed the shoes and drum. Basically
"polishing"  them to a very smooth (and thus non braking) surface. Depending
on how the brake lining is attatched to the shoes (rivits or advheasive) you
may have the lining separating from the shoe.
   If so, the only cure I know for it is new brake shoes and some slight
turning or perhaps sanding of the drums. There may be something out there
that will clean the glaze off your drums but, if so, I have not heard of
anything.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:Vanagon@vanagon.com]On Behalf Of
> Scott P Johnson
> Sent: Saturday, July 25, 1998 12:44 PM
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 86 Rear Brakes
>
>
> Here's an odd situation:
> I put new shoes on my 86's rear wheels today. Everything went well; it's
> not the first time I've done the brakes.
> I drove it; it worked fine.
> My wife drove it; she put the emergency brakes on, and drove 10-15 miles
> with them on. Toward the end of her driving, she noticed that the brakes
> weren't working well, she had to press her foot down to the floor to get
> it to stop.
> I came home about a half hour later; the hub caps were so hot I couldn't
> leave my fingers on them for more than a second. (I put the caps from an
> old 79 bus on my 86 (for those who insist the 86 has plastic caps...).)
> Now that it has cooled, the brakes still don't work well; I have to pump
> them a couple of times to build up pressure; and it still acts as though
> it is braking primarily from the front.
> Any hints for what I'm going to find when I remove the wheels again? What
> do I have to replace now???
> Thanks.
> Scott
>
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