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bobhill8 Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2017 Posts: 736 Location: MA
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 9:55 am Post subject: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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Hey there - my brake pad order from Bus Depot got delayed - not a complaint, just a statement. I would love to get my brakes back together on my 86 westy this weekend, but have only purchased from the usual VW specific vendors. Anyone had any recent luck with pads from NAPA, Autozone, etc? Thanks _________________ 1986 Westy
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4Gears4Tires Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2018 Posts: 3019 Location: MD
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:01 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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Brake pads are really a personal preference. So what may work for you may not work for someone else. If your FLAPS has Vanagon brakes, they will certainly work. Wagner makes decent brakes that work for 95% of all drivers. Can you overheat them with 3 repeated stops? Yep, most likely. Will that make them a great candidate for traveling down the Rockies? Nope. Will they give you a decent initial bite and that's why they overheat easily? Probably. Are they going to be low dust, low maintenance, squeak free, and work just fine? Yeah, probably.
The van's not a sports car so repeatedly slamming the brakes is not something I see in the van's future. And if you should probably be engine braking to avoid overheating your brakes when coming down mountains anyway.
Short answer, yeah sure. _________________ '87 Syncro
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jlrftype7 Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2018 Posts: 3576 Location: Chicago
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:17 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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I would peek at NAPAs online catalog and see what, if anything, they offer for brakes pads on the Vanagon. _________________ '68 Westy- my first VW and vehicle/Bus- long gone.- sold it to a traveling Swiss couple....
'67 Type 3 Fastback, my 2nd car- gone
'69 Semi-Auto Stick Shift Beetle-gone
2017 MINI Coopers, our current DDs
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bobhill8 Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2017 Posts: 736 Location: MA
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 10:40 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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Thanks guys - I made some calls to NAPA, Pep Boys and Autozone. The issue is that none of them have them IN STORE, so I guess I'll just wait for my Bus Depot order. _________________ 1986 Westy
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Ahwahnee Samba Member
Joined: June 05, 2010 Posts: 9798 Location: Mt Lemmon, AZ
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 11:56 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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bobhill8 wrote: |
Thanks guys - I made some calls to NAPA, Pep Boys and Autozone. The issue is that none of them have them IN STORE... |
My FLAPS is an O'Reilly's (formerly Checker/Kragen/Shucks) and they can usually get anything not on the shelf in a couple of hours from their warehouse. |
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bobhill8 Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2017 Posts: 736 Location: MA
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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Ahwahnee! I checked out O O O O'reilly's and they had a set I can pick up tomorrow at NOON. Thanks my Man! _________________ 1986 Westy
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DanHoug Samba Member
Joined: December 05, 2016 Posts: 4772 Location: Bemidji, MN
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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NAPA usually has like 5 different levels of pads. i have no "go to" set and usually just pick a mid-level one. usually can get them by the next morning with their parts network.
i take my business to our local NAPA vs the 5 other FLAPS in town. between hiring people that are in the auto biz... you'll often see dealership parts or service managers behind the counter, they just offer good service and really go the extra mile and have access to quality parts. i want them to stay in business. i'll willing pay the extra because it ends up being cost effective.
between the vanagon specific online parts vendors and NAPA, i'm 99.9% taken care of. _________________ -dan
60% of what you find on the internet is wrong, including this post.
'87 Westy & '89 Westy both 2.1 4spd
Past projects can be found at--
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22641 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 5:43 pm Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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If you are in MA, order from FCP , and cry once and pay once
Lifetime warranty. On brake pads. _________________ .ssS! |
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AirHead1966 Samba Member
Joined: October 17, 2019 Posts: 568 Location: Triad Area NC
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Posted: Sat Apr 10, 2021 7:04 pm Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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I got my last set of pads from Home Depot. Ordered online and they showed up in less than a week. Work fine. |
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space Samba Member
Joined: November 19, 2017 Posts: 673
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 4:14 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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bobhill8 wrote: |
Thanks guys - I made some calls to NAPA, Pep Boys and Autozone. The issue is that none of them have them IN STORE, so I guess I'll just wait for my Bus Depot order. |
Pep Boys selling parts?
Our local PB stopped a year ago (service only) _________________ 82 westy
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campism Samba Member
Joined: September 07, 2007 Posts: 4491 Location: Richmond VA
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 6:00 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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AirHead1966 wrote: |
I got my last set of pads from Home Depot. Ordered online and they showed up in less than a week. Work fine. |
I'd be wary of HoDepot's automotive offerings, especially Vanagon-specific stuff. I ordered one of their tow loop hitches from the online catalog and was told they could not fill my order. Period. _________________ '87 Westy in Wolfram Grey Metallic |
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cmayna Samba Member
Joined: August 18, 2014 Posts: 1147 Location: SF Bay area, CA
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:17 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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My local NAPA has the ultra-premium pads in stock for today pickup. _________________ '90 Westy / automatic.
If I'm not working on the camper or my '50 Chebbie truck, I'm either fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
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MarkWard Samba Member
Joined: February 09, 2005 Posts: 17114 Location: Retired South Florida
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 8:25 am Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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When changing pad compounds on used discs, you want to “deglaze” the discs. 80 grit sand paper if you don’t have a tool. New pads exchange material on to the disc face and it is the friction of the material imbedded into the disc and the pad face that does the stopping. That’s an over simplified explanation. But you are “bedding” in the pads. Knocking the glaze off prior, helps the bedding in process. You can have a great pedal and poor performance if the pads don’t bed in correctly. New discs removing glaze is not an issue, but you still need to bed in new pads on new discs for maximum performance. _________________ ☮️ |
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bobhill8 Samba Member
Joined: June 09, 2017 Posts: 736 Location: MA
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2021 5:30 pm Post subject: Re: brake pads from FLAPS ?? |
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Thanks to all for the info. I was able to pick these up today from O'Reilly's
They fit perfectly and passed the braking test this afternoon. They didn't even squeak. Used the Motive pressure bleeder, which I've had good luck with in the past. Worked well again today, and I now have fresh clean brake fluid as well. _________________ 1986 Westy
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