"If" the rear brakes were reassembled correctly and properly adjusted and if your brake pedal is normal and the brakes are working well (those things have to be right first) then an adjustment of the parking brake cable can be performed. Two or three clicks is typical for the parking brake. Mike
Ryan Alfonso wrote: > Good points. Mine is an 89, fresh rear brake instal (cyl, shoes, > drums), only about 4 clicks. > > Anyway. Prior to this, I'd never seen the cables sag like this. > > > > > On Feb 11, 2008 9:33 PM, Mike Collum <collum@verizon.net > <mailto:collum@verizon.net>> wrote: > > What year is your Vanagon and how many clicks does it take at the > parking brake handle to set the brakes? > > The reason I asked what year is the ratchets on early Vanagons ('80~mid > '85) are different and the clicks are further apart ... therefore fewer > available. Maybe a better question would be ... does your parking brake > handle have plastic surrounding the part where your hand grips it? If > so, that would be the newer type. > > Mike > > > > Ryan Alfonso wrote: > > Guys - > > > > Have you been under your van when the parking brake is "off". > I'm wondering > > if anyone else has observed "total slack" on the left/right > cables, the > > junction bracket, and the rod running to the ebrake handle. It > just kinda > > hangs there on my ride. Seems it shouldn't be so. There are > springs inside > > the drum that would seem to want to keep this slack under > control, true? > > Seriously, it's all loose and hanging there. Doesn't feel right. > Any > > ideas? This normal? > > > > -Ryan > > > > |
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