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Date:         Sat, 3 Jul 2010 16:36:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on)
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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Yah, I swapped out my old style brake handle for a newer type and it does work much better. But now, with the added leverage, I am reluctant to pull up 'full power' (what is actually needed to work those rear shoes) because I bet I could easily brake (pun) something before I would 'lock the rear brakes'... It does hold me now when I get out to open our gate, which is on a hill on our road...But I still have driven with it on a couple of times...smell hot brakes, turn the steering wheel and spy that hidden warning light down there... Now I do like I did in my old Beetles....I reach down a lot out of habit and flick the brake button on the lever with my thumb.... Don Hanson

On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> it's an 84 I think.. > even when you yank those early parking brake handles on pretty firmly, > you still don't get much leverage on the brake drum shoes. > it's really very poorly designed. > > the later style parking brake handle is at least 3 times better . > you know the parking brake is on with those. > > some vans get sticky/draggy parking brake cables.. > and while tension at the handle may feel like a lot, it may not be getting > to the brake shoes. > > another spot of hundreds that old vanagons could use some lubing, > or new parking brake cables...if new ones can be counted on to be of > decent > quality that is. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeff Schwaia" <vw.doka@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 4:04 PM > Subject: Re: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on) > > > Or... fix your parking brake so that the van doesn't move well when it's >> engaged. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jeff >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mike "Rocket J Squirrel"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> >> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2010 12:31 PM >> Subject: That's it, I've had it. (Driving with brake on) >> >> >> This is the third time I've forgotten to take off the parking brake >>> before driving. It's not like the brakes are so monstrous that I'll >>> notice on the first quarter-mile downhill away from the house, and my >>> sitting position places the steering wheel right between the dash Brake >>> light and my eyesballs. >>> >>> I'm gonna rig some alarm to sound when the Brake warning light is on and >>> the transmission is in gear. >>> >>> Mellow Yellow has an automatic transmission, and the starter won't turn >>> if the van is not in Park, so there's some wire that connects to a >>> switch on the shift linkage or something. I can't find that wire in >>> Bentleys. >>> >>> -- >>> Rocky J Squirrel >>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >>> 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) >>> Bend, OR >>> KG6RCR >>> >>


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