Check your front wheel bearings to make sure they have no play. If they are
loose then as you drive they can wobble and compress the caliper piston.
This will cause you to have to pump the pedal a bit to get a firm pedal.
Then after you stop the pedal will be fine until you drive again.

jsut a thought..

Chris DeLong
Fine Tuning
206.522.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA

>From: Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
>Reply-To: Jonathan Poole <jfpoolio@GMAIL.COM>
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: variable brake pedal travel
>Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 23:07:28 -0600
>
>Reguarding the strange braking problem,
>
>My Vanagon has displayed the same irregular and typically long brake
>pedal travel.  After checking the rest of the system, bleeding it,
>adjusting rear shoes, and replacing all hoses I rebuilt the MC.  My
>problem perstisted and so I bought a new MC.  I still have the problem
>and have decided that it is caused by improperly adjusted rear brake
>shoes.  The reason I didn't notice this at first is that I typically
>adjust the shoes out to the point where you can just slip the drum on.
>  My drums have recesses where the shoes contact the drum.  This recess
>means that while it is hard to slip the drum on the shoe is still
>loose.  Another reason while I believe that the problem originates at
>the rear wheels for me is that just after releasing the parking brake
>my pedal always feels great (doesn't travel far).  I just wanted to
>add some information.  Also if anyone wants a rebuilt mc just let me
>know..
>
>Jonathan Poole
>'82 westy

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