no drum my dear man, drum the shoe applies pressure to drum, so a drum gets more pressure :) yes, they are supposed to work on both sides, that's why I wrote "in theory". In practice often one drum is braked, and one not due to wear and mis-adjustment
alistair
On 4-Jul-10, at 9:22 AM, David Beierl wrote: At 11:56 PM 7/3/2010 Saturday, Alistair Bell wrote: > vanagon parking brake in theory applies braking to both rears. Mis- > adjustment of brakes may mean one drum gets more brake pressure than > the other. Bentley shows procedure fro adjustment. Shoe, my dear man, shoe. Not drum. AFAIK all parking brake systems in the universe (even on wheelchairs) work on both sides of the vehicle.
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