Hi John I might suggest if the rear brakes got adjusted on a regular basis then you would not go threw pads as often When I adjust the rears I pull just the drum adjust, and test fit the drum back in place. I find this improves braking Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 1:01 PM Subject: Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
> I suspect this is very true. In the 10 years I have owned my 88 GL I > have replaced the front pads many times. But until just this year I have > never had to replace the rear shoes. There was always plenty of material > on the shoes. But those front pads did wear out. So9 most of the braking > load does occur on the front brakes. To me this is ONE of the obvious > reasons for going to front disk brakes by the engineers. > > Regards, > > John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver > > rpc wrote: > > In respect to balance between front and rear brakes, the front does the brunt of the work in any vehicle. It is unbalanced, learned this riding motorcycles. > > Chris C 90mv > > > > Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: > > I suspect sales in SA were higher than several hundred... > > > > On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Sam Walters wrote: > > > > > >> FWIW, there probably are at least several hundred Vanagons on the road > >> now with 15" front disc brakes and stock rear brakes. I don't > >> remember > >> any discussion of this creating any problems for any one. > >> > > > > > > |
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