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RE: [T3] brakes

To: "'type3@vwtype3.org'" <type3@vwtype3.org>
Subject: RE: [T3] brakes
From: "Kooser, Jacob" <jake_kooser@mtnsat.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2001 11:49:06 -0400
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>Since you say that the brakes work well once you pump them up a 
>couple of strokes, I believe you will find that your rear shoes need 
>to be adjusted. They are too far from the drum and it just takes a 
>couple of strokes to move them in far enough to start to do 
>anything.

Same thing that's happening on my Suburban after I did a rear disk brake conversion.  I don't have the parking brake cables hooked up yet, so I have to double-pump.  I'm probably screaming a little louder than you may be though, with the tonnage of ~3 squarebacks to slow down instead of just one...

Jake Kooser

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