Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 10:20:37 -0400
Reply-To: David Gunning <davidgunning@PIVOT.NET>
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From: David Gunning <davidgunning@PIVOT.NET>
Subject: Re: Rear brakes
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Not sure if this info is useful to you in any way, but as it relates to
vanagon brakes and appears to have at least one overlapping symptom ("faint
vibration"), thought I'd bring it to your attention, and let you decide for
yourself as to it's possible relevancy. Last year I noticed a "faint
vibration" when the brakes were applied in the ole 85-1.9L. As I had had
the rear brakes done not too many tens of thousand miles previously, and I
knew that the front brakes were still original after more than 210,000 miles
and had never been replaced, I figured it was a front brake issue. Sure
enough the front brakes were worn down to their nubs and replacing them
cured the faint vibration.
Concerning the rear emergency brake issue, seems to me that there is an
in-line cable-slack-taker-upper-cheater (I don't know what else to call the
thing) that can take up small amounts of emergency brake cable slack, on one
side or the other. You might want to check-it out. Of course, in a PERFECT
WORLD, as we all know, all automotive parts are manufactured to similar high
standards, and such cable cheaters would not be necessary. My own humble
experiences in the REAL WORLD would seem to suggest, however, that someone
forgot to share that "similar high standard" concept with my vanagon,
Calamity Jane.
Incidentally, wonder why I think of my vanagon as female, much like boaters
think of their boats as being of a female persuasion. I am sure someone
must have already taken a survey of how other vanagoners view the gender of
their vehicles.
Dave
davidgunning@pivot.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greenamyer, William L" <william.l.greenamyer@BOEING.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 8:56 AM
Subject: Rear brakes
Seems that I had this grind noise occasionally from the passenger side
rear brake. Had the rear end up on jacks to do some work and notices
that the same wheel really didn't have much resistance to movement when
the emergency brake was set where the driver side wheel could not be
moved by hand. Finally got into the shop and the mechanic took
everything apart and couldn't find any problem. He tightened up the
emergency brake (to tight in fact in that the lever could not be
released. The van got driven a little. There was a stopping vibration.
Took the van back to the shop and they fixed the tight emergency brakes.
Now there is a faint vibration in the rear brakes which I can feel in
the pedal. Anything I should be looking for in a problem with the
brakes at this time? Intermittant grind seems to be coming back as does
the lack of emergency brake grab on the passenger rear brake. Drums and
pads have 77K on them. What is the life on a set of pads and drums?
Lots of questions here. Looking for some answers here?
William
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