Jeff, I don't know about vanagons per se (have changed and adjusted rear shoes but never had a problem with them) but I have adjusted the rear (and front) drums on dozens of other cars in my life: crank the shoes down just til you can't turn the drums by hand. Then back off til you can. Drive a few mile and check for drag (just jack the wheel and rotate, you'll hear if there's drag) before going on a long trip. If this isn't working for you, then the problem probably isn't with your adjustment mechanism. Jim On Apr 15, 2004, at 2:12 AM, Jeff Oxroad wrote: > Have we agreed on a system for adjusting the rear brakes? Turn the star > adjuster until wheel can't be turned by hand then back off (loosen) 8 > clicks, 10 > clicks, 15 clicks? > > Bentley offers nothing except to say when installing new brakes > "Depress the > pedal several times before driving so that rear brakes self adjust." > OK. Then > how about I depress the gas pedal several times to adjust the timing. > > My self adjusters don't work. And they never will. And believe me it > has me > AND the brake pedal sufficiantly depressed with little or no > improvement to the > braking. > > I checked the archives and found discussion on adjusting but didn't > find any > numbers as far as to specifically how how much to tighten then how > much to > loosen. > > Any info. appreciated. > Thanks > Jeff > 83.5 Westfalia > LA,CA > |
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