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Date:         Mon, 22 Aug 94 9:04:29 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: Brakes (Again!)

Thom Fitzpatrick writes:
> 
> 	Well, hell!  They stopped pulling (left) but were still hard for the 
> last few days.  I would put a lot of pressure, but without a lot of
> results, so I figure they were glazed and I would sand them down
> when i got the opportunity... 


I have heard that sanding down pads is a no-no...


> 	Its hard to tell, but the way the bus stops, it would almost seem
> like I only have front brakes, because it dives sorta, but I don't know if
> you could get that kinda power from just the front brakes.  By power I mean
> these brakes feel like the brakes in my 911!!!!


Dunno if this means anything, but when I "did" my rear drums recently,
pedal effort went up noticeably.  The rear brakes were so bad before that
I'm sure they weren't doing anything.  Now I'm sure I have more absolute
stopping power, but I have to press harder to get it...


-David


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David Schwarze			'73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego	'73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
schwarze@nosc.mil		'87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
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