Thank you all for your input!!!

Actually, I completely neglected to look at the front brake pads. I
replaced the rear brake shoes but didn't even look at the front. Come to
find out that they were pretty low as well. I replaced them with new
pads and the problem is gone.
Does that make sense?

georgios

>>Vanagon GL 86, 2.1, Gas
>>
>>Last month, the brakes got soft/spongy. They were braking fine, but at
>>the stop lights they would go down to the floor.
>>I opened the rear drums and it was time for new shoes and new cylinders.
>>I changed both, the brakes work great, but at the stop lights again, the
>>pedal seems to be going down again. Not as bad as before and not all the
>>time. I opened them again, they looked fine, I readjusted, and it still
>>does it intermittently.
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>georgios
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