For what its worth, both my vans parking brake bars are at an angle and work effectively - the '86 more so than the '84 but that's to be expected. On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" < camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote: > Given that my parking brake doesn't do a whole lot, I climbed under the > van to take some slack out of the linkage. I stopped when I saw that the > equalizer (Bentleys 46.11) is at quite an angle, not at a right angle to > the centerline of the van as I expected. I'm not sure what this means. I > don't have the tools to adjust the brakes. > > -- > Rocky J Squirrel > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.) > Bend, OR > KG6RCR >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Suby 'Dixie' Crescent Beach, BC www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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