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Date:         Sat, 30 May 1998 09:01:15 -0700
Reply-To:     Colin Moran <cmoran@CSWNET.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Colin Moran <cmoran@CSWNET.COM>
Organization: K&M Ranch
Subject:      Re: Vanagon Digest - 29 May 1998
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Hello David Check the adjusters in rear brakes. Mine failed to work due to brake dust build-up. This causes the shoes to be too far from the drum it makes the brakes feel mushy as the shoes move to contact the drum. I cleaned up the adjusters and adjusted the brakes and my pedal firmed up alot. The rear brakes on the vanagons don't seem to be the best design. > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 17:52:22 -0700 > From: David Marshall <vanagon@VOLKSWAGEN.ORG> > Subject: Why do I have to pump my brakes? > > Lately my 1988 Double Cab requires me to pump my brake pedal once so it > will grab a little better. If I push the pedal down on the first pump it > will go 2/3 of the way down and it will softly stop the truck. If I pump > it again it will only go 1/2 of the way down and I can stop much better. > It is a bad master cylinder, bad rear brakes or what? > > Thanks in advance! >

-- Colin Moran Beebe Ar. '86 Syncro GL "The Bronze Brick" 200,000 and still going


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