Date:         Wed, 14 Jul 2010 07:04:31 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cockeyed Parking Brake Equalizer
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
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To follow up on this older thread . . .

I still would like to take up the slack in the parking brake linkage,
and don't care to open up the brakes prior to doing so.

Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
>
> yeah, get, if you can find one, a GOOD shop to do a proper
> rear-drums-off brake inspection.

I just went though my repair receipts. I had the van inspected by one
shop before buying it, 20,000 miles ago, 2004. The found the brake pedal
low, so inspected, bled brake cylinders, removed rear drums and
inspected, cleaned adjusters, checked the hardware, adjusted and tested
the brakes. $80.

The brakes worked until 2006, 7,000 miles later. The complaint I had was
the brake pedal fell to the floor.

I took it to a second shop and they replaced the master cylinder; and at
the same time, the rear brake shoes, both rear wheel cylinders, flushed,
filled, and bled the system.

Labor was $337. Parts $287. Coastal SoCal prices.

I had the brakes inspected last year. Both the front shoes and rear
drums were at 75%

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Rocky J Squirrel