Rear Brake Shoes?

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[GostaBerling]

Ok, so I am trying to order a set of brake shoes. Seems simple enough right. Well apparently in 72 VW used two different types of shoes. Now, depending upon manufacture of shoes I get different methods of determining what shoes I have. (1) by shoe size, 9 54/64 X 2 1/4 vs. 9 59/64 X 2 1/4 in. That's a difference of approx. 2mm, that's kinda hard to determine. (2) by date of manufacture, either between 8/71 to 12/72, prior to 8/71, or to 7/72. (3) Finally there is by chassis number.

Currently, we are very hard pressed for cash. If we were not I'd go with busdepot.com and know I would get good quality and correct parts. But since that will not be the route that I can afford, I would like to go with a FLAPS. The cheapest set I've found is 25.99 and would take 3 days to get here, which is fine by me. The problem is that I have to know what size the shoe is before I can order it. Plus depending on who is behind the counter, it can be difficult to return special order parts.

So any suggestions as to how to determine size accurately to within a 64th of an inch or by date would be appreciated.

[rastafoo]

Don't know if this will help. My Wolfsburgwest catalogue has pics of the different brake shoes, there's a lot of difference in shape between the early 72 and late72-73-79 shoe metal(it has a large notch near the top for a metal seperator plate to fit in - like mine) the early 72 has a slimmer profile with 5 holes thru the metal, not 4 like the notched late 72 one. Can't find the pic on thier website - only in the catalogue.

[rastafoo]

Does anyone know if a small seepage under the rubber caps on the rear brake wheel cylinders (both sides) would cause enough air to get into the brake lines so that one could not entirely bleed all the air out of the system? I have good brakes when I pump once , then twice. I've been thru bleeding the system 3x (brake-fluid-in-plastic-bottle-with-hose-to-bleeder-valve-then-pump method) and I still seem to have air in it. (gets a little better each time).
Could it be the master cylinder? Would there be visible liquid present or can it go bad another way?

[GostaBerling]

Well I took the drums off and the brakes are not that bad. I adjusted the shoes, driver side star adjuster was frozen, and now I have an emergency brake. Yea!!!

[fastmc25]

Glad to hear you got them up to speed........ Did you figure out which ones you had so next time you need to replace them you'll know...?

My '73 is that way.......... some early 73 parts and some late 73 parts.......... I just went through this with my fuel sender.... since you know you normally have to pull the engine/tank to get it out.... what a pain.........

I guess i now have a early 73 sender in my bus and a late 73 gauge.... wrong resistance so it reads full for about 1 gallon and empty in about 10 gallons left....... I may just try and change the gauge.......

[fastmc25]

Does anyone know if a small seepage under the rubber caps on the rear brake wheel cylinders (both sides) would cause enough air to get into the brake lines so that one could not entirely bleed all the air out of the system?

Not normally enough to not be able to completely bleed them out....... but is a good indication that it's time to change them out.....

 I have good brakes when I pump once , then twice. I've been thru bleeding the system 3x (brake-fluid-in-plastic-bottle-with-hose-to-bleeder-valve-then-pump method) and I still seem to have air in it. (gets a little better each time).
Do you hae a friend that helps you bleed the system and or do you do it alone ?  If the latter i'd get someone to pump the brakes while your under opening and closing the bleeders farthest to nearest as you bleed them... ( Old School) .... Then if it doesn't come out i would bet on a bad M/C...

Could it be the master cylinder? Would there be visible liquid present or can it go bad another way?
Yeah, it very well will be the Master Cylinder........ they will give up and never leak......

[olylawnboy]

Hey rasta, anytime fluid can leak out air can get in, period, end of sentence And my master cylinder has been leaking also. Very little though, not even enough to leave a mark on the pavement. That's why I did not notice any problem with mine.
Cylinder rebuild kits from NAPA are about six bucks each and easy to do, do that! And like fastmc said and I can relate to, the master can leak with little or no evidence.
And Gosta, if you have a NAPA they can have most anything to you overnight, they have quite a network!....

[vdubyah73]

And when ya bleed 'em, keep bleeding until all that muddy brake fluid has been flushed out. The mud color is moisture absorbed by the brake fluid.

[BusDriver]

Bleh, adjusting stars, getting to them, bending my adjusting hole into a rectangle, and brake dust. Just experienced those today.

I know shoes and pads have asbestos in them, how cautious do I need to be around the brake dust left in the drums?

[Happy]

With the drum removed, I used a can or two of the brake cleaner spray.  It evaporates in like 10 seconds and washes away all of your brake dust safely.  No worries!

[rastafoo]

My shoes are squeeking when hot - I need to get in and clean out the dust and adjust them this weekend.

[bus71]

One   way   to   tell   what    shoes    is    by   comparing   wheel    cylinders.   If   you   can,   look  at  a  later  bus   wheel  cyl.   If   you   have   a   short   cyl,   it's   71,   if   longer,   its   73up.   Be   aware,   backing   plates   can   be   changed    so   a   71   could  have   a   long   wheel   cyl.   and  late   shoes.  I   go    through    the   late,   early   thing   with   our   71  also.   Good    luck!