Date:         Tue, 11 Jul 1995 21:18:24 -0700 (PDT)
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <des@teleport.com>
Subject:      Re: '56 kombi - brakes (again)

Richard writes:
> 
> Well, since it's come up, what causes that hard pulling when you first
> stop? My '67 has only recently started doing that, and as far as i can
> tell, none of the cylinders are leaking. It pulls really hard to the
> right the first 3 or 4 times I stop, then is fine, then starts to pull
> to the left. What might be behind this?

I had this problem too, and I thought it was sticky calipers.  I got
another set of calipers and took my right front caliper off to replace
it.  I was all ready with a piece of plastic and rubber band to block
the line when I pulled it out of the caliper, but lo and behold, when I
disconnected the line, nothing came out!  Turns out the hose was
partially blocked, even though it looked great from the outside, so 
I replaced it.  End of problem.

-David

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David Schwarze                     '73 VW Safare Custom Camper  (Da Boat)
San Diego, California, USA         '73 Capri GT 2800            (Da Beast)
e-mail: des@teleport.com           '87 Mustang Lx 5.0           (Da Sleeper)
http://www.teleport.com/~des       '93 Weber WG-50              (Da Piano)
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