Dennis Haynes warned us of this spring inside the rear brake cylinder issue a few years ago. Too bad he seems to missing lately. No posts since the big moderator frenzy in mid Jan, not that I am aware of any connection to that. Mark aatransaxle wrote: > Back when we had the good German parts, the rear cylinders had springs in > the bore to keep the pistons engaged a bit. This made for a nice tight firm > pedal as long as the adjustment was good. > Nowadays, not sure if any of the replacements have the springs in them. > I would buy the best quality possible from our online vendors rather than > chance a FLAPS part of unknown origin. Guys like Ken at Vanagin or > VanVolks > Cafe work on these things and DO know the drill. > Daryl of AA Transaxle > (425) 788-4070 > aatransaxle.com > 86 Syncro Westy > Zetec in the trunk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Edward Maglott" <emaglott@BUNCOMBE.MAIN.NC.US> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 9:16 AM > Subject: Re: another brake saga...aha! > > >> I got out my the old wheel cylinder that was not leaking. I had >> thrown away the one that was leaking. The old one appears to be OEM, >> may be original. The difference between this one and the FLAPS one I >> bought is that the OEM one has little clips in the slot that engages >> the shoe. This holds the piston out against the shoe. Re-bled that >> wheel cylinder, adjusted the brake shoes, now I've got a nice firm >> pedal that doesn't become soft after a few minutes as that piston >> drifts back into the cylinder. I still have to take a test drive so >> success is tentative. >> >>.............. |
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