At one time, off road parts houses sold hydraulic steering brake conversions for dune buggies, and I would think that would be more effective. Doesn't seem to be enough room by the driver's seat to fit the left side steering cable brake actuator arm. DOH!! You'd need to add longer cables anyway as the rod back to the individual cables is a good ways back there. My bad. BTW, had a cable brake system in an old 60 Baja Bug I built. worked well in the snow and ice an especially on the snow covered lake autocrosses we used to do on Lake Okabojie(butchered spelling)in IA. -----Original Message----- From: '80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Date: Friday, June 01, 2001 11:48 AM Subject: Re: Milestone reached and Traction question
>I have often thought about putting a locking differential from a syncro in. That would probably solve your problem. If you do it, be sure to let the list know how it went. > >Thanks, >Chris > >On Fri, 01 June 2001, Jere & Beth Hawn wrote: > >> >> Hi all, >> >> My driveway is dirt and downhill. I have to back in or else I get stuck >> because the right rear tire is the only one that spins; regardless which van >> I put down buy the house. Now there is a sizable hole being dugout. Is >> there a fix or something I can do to get posi-traction on a GL. >> >> Thanks, >> Jere >> >> Milestone: >> 90 GL mileage update: 250,080 (quarter million+; I purchased the van new >> with 12 miles on it) >> >> 88 GL > >Thanks, >Chris Gronski >'80 Westy "Pokey" - SLOPOKEY >'87 Chevrolet Sprint - Ice Racer >'91 Pontiac Firefly - Convertable >www.vanagon.org & .ca >www.gronski.com, .org, & .ca >www.nineeleven.org & .ca |
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