FW: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: improved braking

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Yeah well the T3 drum brakes are a joke. Why didn't VW just simply stay with the superior design and functional T2 rear drum brakes?

Probably the bean counters won out ... again. Saved about $2.
Ken


-----Original Message-----
From: <plander@optusnet.com.au>
Sent: Friday, 9 July 2010 7:03 AM
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: improved braking




> Have you had problems with your present drum brakes?
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> BenT

The adjusters have never worked from new.
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Very hard to adjust on a syncro.


> Ken Garratt <unclekenz@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Yeah well the T3 drum brakes are a joke. Why didn't VW just simply stay
> with the superior design and functional T2 rear drum brakes?
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> Probably the bean counters won out ... again. Saved about $2.
> Ken
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: <plander@optusnet.com.au>
> Sent: Friday, 9 July 2010 7:03 AM
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: improved braking
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> > Have you had problems with your present drum brakes?
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> > BenT
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> The adjusters have never worked from new.
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Maybe then US T2 drum brakes are as crappy as T3s.
Or else you haven't compared their design and functionality.
I own both. I have used/serviced both. T2 is superior. End of story.
Ken







-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <ScottDaniel@turbovans.com>
Sent: Friday, 9 July 2010 9:33 AM
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: improved braking



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"Very hard to adjust on a syncro."
 
Maybe your rear brakes are different than on US model syncro's ..
there is nothing hard about adjusting or dealing with syncro rear brakes.
not if a person is at all handy with working on brakes.
Pretty conventional and straight forward I'd say. 
 
re these supposedly superior T2 brakes..
are those the old fashioned traditional VW type with adjuster stars at the bottom.
and not self-adjusting ?
 
sorry,. I just don't have any problems with T3 rear drum brakes.
 
I have a few tricks I suppose..
but I have lots of tricks for fixing T3's overall.
 
Scott
turbovans.com
 
 
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Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 4:20 PM
Subject: Re: FW: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: improved braking

 


Very hard to adjust on a syncro.
> Ken G
arratt <unclekenz@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yeah well the T3 drum brakes are a joke. Why didn't VW just simply stay
> with the superior design and functional T2 rear drum brakes?
>
> Probably the bean counters won out ... again. Saved about $2.
> Ken
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: <plander@optusnet.com.au>
> Sent: Friday, 9 July 2010 7:03 AM
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: improved braking
>
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>
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> > Have you had problems with your present drum brakes?
> >
> >
> > BenT
>
> The adjusters have never worked from new.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
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>

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> Scott Daniel - Turbovans <ScottDaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:
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> "Very hard to adjust on a syncro."
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> Maybe your rear brakes are different than on US model syncro's ..
> there is nothing hard about adjusting or dealing with syncro rear
> brakes. not if a person is at all handy with working on brakes.
> Pretty conventional and straight forward I'd say.
>

No, you need to have 2 wheels off the ground or you cannot rotate the wheels on a syncro.




> re these supposedly superior T2 brakes..
> are those the old fashioned traditional VW type with adjuster stars at
> the bottom.
> and not self-adjusting ?

That's correct.