Ron: > Anyway, the weird thing is... The shoes I took off > had almost full > thickness of lining material at the bottom of each > shoe but the top of each > shoe was worn down almost to the metal!! All four - > two shoes each side - > worn the same! The top almost gone, the bottom full > thickness! I'll bet that with the new shoes, you will still have a mushy-feeling pedal with excessive pedal play. The reason for this is that your drums are probably worn beyond their maximum diameter. I just had the SAME THING happen to me. As it turned out, the drums were .060 over the max allowable diameter. I would take those drums to a brake shop and have them measured. If they are out of spec, you can get new ones from list vendors for about $40 each. The weird brake wear pattern is probably why these Vanagon brake drums are so particular about being in spec (for diameter) Brent Christensen '89 GL Syncro Westy
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