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Date:         Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:45:53 +0200 (MET DST)
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From:         Darie Duclos <darie@tell.ascom.ch>
Subject:      Re: Help..............won't stop

I'm not versed in brakes on a '72, but I've just been told that a similar problem on my vanagon is probably due to the front brakes locking up and heating up. Once they've heated up, it takes a long time to stop the van. I've been told they are most likely locking because of a problem with the hoses that are attached to the calipers and not because of the calipers themselves. I will be changing the hoses tonight to confirm this fact. Hope the input is useful.

Darie

> My new lodger has a problem with his 1972 camper. Basically the brakes are awful. > It stops but not quick enough to feel safe in. He's fitted new drums, shoes, pads, > master cylinder, slave cylinders, etc...basically the lot, but it still slowly > grinds to a hault. > > Apparently the brakes on a '72 are unique to that year and it is a '72 specific > problem with it's own individual cures.......can anyone help????


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