Hi Allan, True, but Dougs comment was on stopping power. And the vanagon shoes are self-adjusting, so the maintenance interval should not be a huge issue anyway. Like yourself, I am also wondering about the e-brake scenario. Greg (replying sans-sig-file due to webmail) Quoting Allan Streib <astreib@fastmail.fm>: > > On Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:32 -0400, "Greg Potts" <greg@POTTSFAMILY.CA> wrote: > >> Rear disks as an upgrade on an otherwise stock vanagon would be a >> waste of $$$ in my opinion; though they would certainly be worth >> looking at if all the above upgrades have left you with a below-par >> vanagon experience. > > Though rear disks may not add a lot in terms of stopping power, they > eliminate the need to adjust the shoes which can contribute to "low > pedal" if they are misadjusted. > > I am curious about how parking brake functionality would be > preserved with this kit. > > Allan > -- > 1991 Vanagon GL > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.