Date:         Tue, 19 Oct 2004 15:58:01 -0700
Reply-To:     David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
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From:         David Marshall <mailinglist@FASTFORWARD.CA>
Subject:      Re: Rear disk brakes
Comments: To: Fin Beven <FinBeven@MSN.COM>
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Why spend money on the rear brakes?  Make sure there are fresh shoes there
and you are set.  70% of your braking is done at the front brakes - this is
of course unless you do a lot of heavy trailer hauling.  Going to Audi 100
or SA brakes up front are well worth the money but spending anything on the
rear brakes, to me at least, is a pure waste.  I have alloys on my TriStar
and I just took a wire brush to the drums to get the major rust off of them
and then painted them black with gloss black anti-rust [Tremclad] paint.
Looks decent enough and there is no screwing around with the rather poorly
designed VW/Audi ebrake system that seems to seize up all the time on their
rear brakes.  Owned a few rear disc VW/Audi vehicle to realize this one.

David Marshall

Fast Forward Automotive Inc.
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Quesnel BC Canada  V2J 6Z3

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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Fin Beven
Sent: October 19, 2004 3:10 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Rear disk brakes


I just replaced my wheels and tires with the 15" alloy wheels that Go Westy
sells, and the Michelin "Hydro-Edge tires that they recommend.

The front disk brakes look just OK, but the rear drums look rather bad, and
quite rusty.

I'd guess that this question has been asked several times before, but is
there a rear disk brake conversion kit ??

Thanks,

Fin Beven
'90 Carat, Custom Camping Conversion
Pasadena, CA