Date:         Fri, 9 Jul 1999 12:32:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
Organization: The Cobalt Group
Subject:      Re: Brakes (I'm concerned...)
Comments: To: arbosch@RA.ROCKWELL.COM
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Sounds normal to me.  Recently ONE of my rear wheels locked up in a
panic stop on wet pavement and just started to put me into a slow spin
before I was able to let up and regain control.  I found that one of the
shoes was worn down to metal, and that is why it locked.

These brakes were not significantly upgraded from the lighter '71 to '79
type IIs, and are marginal.  But the good news is you might be able to
steer around the emergency in some cases if the brakes don't lock.
Consider Vanagon brakes VW's first-generation ABS!

If you want you could upgrade to the MSDS "Bullet Train" system, but
$525 seems like a lot for cross drilled rotors and stainless steel brake
lines, and the pressure applied to the system is still the same.

Stuart MacMillan
Manager, Case Program
800-909-8244 ext 208

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