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Date:         Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:44:59 -0800
Reply-To:     Timothy Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Timothy Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: emergency brake doesn't work well?
Comments: To: Brian and Carol Megas <bmegas@ISLAND.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <200211241212.gAOCCaIj032026@mimas.island.net>
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It sounds like your rear brakes need to be adjusted. I use the emergency brake clicker as my guide as to when to adjust the rear brakes. Once I can pull the lever more than 3 clicks, I know its adjustment time.

After adjustment, If can pull the brake lever up only one click and the van will not move, I know I have adjusted them correctly.

I also check to see the rear wheels spin freely with the brake off also. I do this by getting the van to roll out of the garage without any help. My garage floor has less than an inch of slope from front to back so if there is anything holding up any of the wheels, the van won't move. I actually roll my van out of the garage every morning so I don't have to start it in the garage. It also comes in handy when I have left my headend unit on all weekend and need to bump start the van.:>)

I have never had to adjust the e-brake cables on any of my Type 2's adjusting the rear brakes has always been sufficient.

Good luck,

Tim

--- Brian and Carol Megas <bmegas@ISLAND.NET> wrote: > The emergency brake on our 86 Westy doesn't seem to > work as well as we would like. When we park on > a small hill and put the emergency brake on, it > doesn't > quite stop our van from rolling. When the van was > last > in at the shop for servicing, the boys adjusted the > emergency brake and said that was as good as it > gets. > > When I pull on the emergency brake handle, it will > make > eight clicks before it gets too hard to pull > it any more. The boys at the shop said the brakes, > brake > pads, etc. are all in good shape. > > I thought that before I jacked up the back of the > van > to adjust things myself that I would ask the > question: Do > other list members find that their emergency brakes > work really well on hills, or not? > > Thanks, Brian > > Brian, Carol, Thea, Deverelle and Kelsey Megas > Box 1051, Chemainus, BC,Canada, V0R 1K0 > bmegas@island.net > http://www.island.net/~bmegas/ > **to make your dreams come true, you have > to stay awake**

===== Tim Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition Winter Park, Florida http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers http://photos.yahoo.com/tjhannink [Vanagon] Album

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