Standard Vanagon action - adjust the rear brakes and the emergency brake and
the pedal problem will go away (unless you've had an early failure of last
year's replacement parts)...

Good Luck,

David Palmerston

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miguel Calvin [mailto:mcalvin@MAC.COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 7:15 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Brakes, still soft after bleeding - Help!
>
>
> My brakes have been a bit soft for a while, (one pump of the
> pedal would firrm them up), so I tried bleeding them today.
> I used a vacuum bleeder kit and did them in order from
> farthest to nearest the master cylinder.  I used fresh DOT 4
> fluid to keep the Master cylinder resevoir above the min.
> line. I bled each wheel until I got clear, clean fluid.  I
> closed each bleeder while vacuum was high to ensure no flow
> back. I used about a 1/2 pint of fluid.
>
> Now my brakes are softer than before.  What did I do?
>
> Master was rebuilt last year and rear wheel cylinders were
> replaced last year too.
>
> Pedal is kind of mushy until about 2/3 down where it feels
> and sounds like it hits something solid.  It goes a bit
> further but is much firmer. Real braking only starts when it
> gets to this firmer point.
>
> Help!
> --
> Miguel
>

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