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| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 | Found out why my brakes sucked. For a while now my van has had weak brakes. I finally got the time to check out why. I rebuilt the whole brake system less than two years ago so I was frustrated at the poor braking performance. urns out the self adjuste ron the rear passenger sie drum brake somehow broke off the shoe and was dragging around inside the drum. The end result was the right rear brake wasn't working and the left rear was barely working. Plus the adjuster arm was chewing up the inside of the drum pretty good.
So, $55 for a new drum and adjuster lever later, my van has strong brakes again and goes straight when I brake. Yay!
Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 | I had a star adjuster rattling around in one of my drums a few years back. The "professional" who did my rear brakes installed them on the wrong side and they self loosened. Inspired me to figure out how to do it myself.
Today I changed my oil at the 1 year mark. Mileage, only 1000 miles. Probably a waste of good oil, but I'm prepping for a trip out of 'too cool to acknowledge you' land.
Ducking fouchebags. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 Maniac | Maniac Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 12,107 Likes: 37 | What ticks me off is I can't blame anyone but myself. I am pretty sure I put the spring that hooks to the adjuster in the wrong hole on the brake shoe so the adjuster was loose and fell out. D'OH!
Windows- they're what make a van worth owning! | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 veteran | OP veteran Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 | What's important now, is you fixed it, and if you did made a mistake, you'll not repeat this mistake.
| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 Uncle Rust N Dents | Uncle Rust N Dents Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 | Used it as an example of how NOT to paint a grille. | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 941 old hand | old hand Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 941 | Used it as an example of how NOT to paint a grille. Did it not go well? ha
UK member of Nova Vans and California Street Vans | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 90 journeyman | journeyman Joined: Apr 2013 Posts: 90 | Took it Camping,,, Finally Decided to take it out on a shake down run.. Since it's still in the 90's here, had to go to the Colorado river to keep cool. About 50 miles round trip in the dirt.. baby wild burro trying to be invisible Everything worked great, so it's time to plan more trips..
93 Chevy G30 quigley 4x4
| | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,108 veteran | veteran Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 2,108 | Put it in winter storage for the year.... | | | Re: What Did You do To your Van Today? | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,080 Likes: 1 old hand | old hand Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,080 Likes: 1 | Completed wire tracing and inspections and cleanings and put her all back together! | | |
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