Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 09:35:37 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Subject: Re: rear brakes ? And Bently Books are sometimes slim on info..
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Thanks, glad I asked.
I would have been in there barking knuckles and swearing and going backwards
on the left side..
Added subject line: Bently books...ARE pretty slim on needed info many
times. Just yesterday, I had two problems with the green Vanagon
book..Looked everywhere around on the brake pages trying to find text, then
even a pic showing the adjusting wheel directions to loosen and tighten the
shoes...Nuttin' I could find...
Before that, I was replacing the rubber bushings in my steering rack..The
bushings have some flats on them, they aren't a complete disc. I did the
swap before I even noticed the flats on the bushings..No real mention, until
I went back into the Bently and noticed a small parenthetical note to align
the flats vertically...Of course, I'd done it with the flats aligned
horizontally..so I had to do it over again...Seems like the book should have
just put that into the main text...which way the bushings are supposed to go
seems pretty important..if you notice the flats are there at all...
BTW, replacing those did help a little with my van's sensitivity to side
wind gusts..but not as much as I had hoped it would.
anyway, thanks again, Mark.
Don Hanson
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Drillock" <mdrillock@cox.net>
To: "Don Hanson" <dhanson@GORGE.NET>
Cc: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: rear brakes ?
> The rear brake adjusters are mirror images of each other, including
> threading direction. You need to turn BOTH sides UP to loosen! Looking
> at it from the back side access hole that is.
>
>
> As I have mentioned here before, it is very common for one or both sides
> to be assembled wrong, preventing the self adjuster on one or both sides
> from working. The 2 stiff return springs are not identical. If mixed up
> the adjuster star wheel can be blocked from turning by the arm of the
> spring hook. Both springs should be installed so the long arms are DOWN.
> Carefully examine the springs to make sure no part touches the adjuster.
> There is supposed to be one pair of mirror image springs on each side.
> If someone mixed spring parts from both sides then it may be necessary
> to sort them out
>
> Mark
>
I did the Archive search, found lots of info pertaining to the rear brakes.
Wanted to make certain and clarify a few aspects of this procedure before I
get in there again and screw something up, like I have sometimes been known
to do.
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