Alan,
I wish I could remember where I read an article on anti-lock brakes.
All I do remember is that the Vanagon is the number one vehicle in which
owners thought they had anti-lock brakes.  Just something I thought I
would share.

Doug
'86 GL Westy
Maryland

Alan Bosch wrote:
>
> Had the opportunity to really stomp on the brakes of ol' Phred today.  Don't
> these mo'rons in their F**d Behemoth's know that if I'm in the right lane and
> not moving over to the left when they want to merge, it's because the Roadway
> truck next to me can't move either?  So anyway, this mo'ron just merges into my
> lane form the onramp, without any regard whatever, and I have to stand on the
> brakes to avoid becoming one with her driver side rear door.  The concerning
> part comes from the fact that the brakes did not lock up like I thought they
> would.  Sure, I slowed in a hurry - ask the guy in the Mazda that was two feet
> from my bumper! - but shouldn't the brakes have locked?  I have had no problem
> with the brakes at all.  They work(ed) fine in every other situation.  There is
> no peddle sponginess, no pumping.  Any clues?  Suggestions?
>
> TIA...
>
> Alan Bosch
> & a bus named Phred ("88 Wolfsburg)