Date:         Fri, 9 Nov 2001 19:12:30 -0800
Reply-To:     Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
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From:         Shawn Wright <swright@ZUIKO.SLS.BC.CA>
Subject:      Re: Rear Brake Adjustment Reminder
In-Reply-To:  <B811B30E.9947%albell@uvic.ca>
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On 9 Nov 2001 at 16:38, Alistair Bell wrote:

> David,
>
> maybe they work on some vans, but didn't/doesn't on mine. I disassembeld
> mine last year, cleaned, lightly lubed and adjusted. Maybe I used the wrong
> grease on the threads (white lithium, just a touch) or maybe I'm just
> unlucky :)
>
> I still contend that it is a marginal self-adjusting system.
>

I think it may depend how worn your drums are, or at least this seems to
be the case on A2 VWs. My '85 Jetta adjusters started to crap out around
250k km on original drums, even with new pads. I finally replaced the
entire rear brake assemblies with those from a low mileage Golf at around
350k km, and the adjusters are *much* better now. The system seems to
become more sensitive to hand brake cable adjustments as the drums
wear down also.

I haven't had the drums off my Westy in 5 years, and they were replaced
by PO, so they seem to adjust fine for now.

Shawn & Janis Wright
swright@sls.bc.ca
http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright
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