Be sure to inspect and correct any problems
with hardware assembly on the rear brakes.

My rear brakes failed to work properly.
I noticed this because my emergency brake
would not hold.

I disassembled the rear brakes to install new
brake shoes and found that the adjusters
and linkage were incorrectly installed from
by previous owner.  I made sure all parts
matched alignment as in the Bentley. I installed
all the components correctly and now the rear brakes
work flawlessly.

JB 88 GL Guido

On 7/22/09 10:16 AM, "John Rodgers" <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:

> Dennis,
>
> I post this to the List so everyone can benefit.
>
> I have the weak rear brake problem on my 88 GL. Only a small area at the
> end of the brake shoes contacts the drum. The drums are fairly new, -
> less than a year old - and the shoe lining is nice and thick. But it is
> obvious the shoes are contracting the drum only on the upper ends. In
> reading your response to Don Hanson regarding a cheap brake upgrade -
> you listed part numbers for brake shoes and a hardware kit for same. You
> also mentioned ATE wheel cylinders but gave no part number - only
> commenting the dealer's are not a choice here. Maybe I'm being a bit
> dense here - but what did that mean? Which specific ATE wheel cylinder
> is are you addressing .... 1) a Vanagon wheel cylinder? ... or other?
> 2)  and what year?? Does this change relocate the adjusters?
>
> Would you mind going into it a bit more as to what is  to be
> accomplished when all this is done? Clearly the adjusters and the
> cylinders being at the same end of the shoe only allows one end of the
> shoe to contact the drum. Please describe what is happening and what is
> being accomplished in the changeover.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver