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Subject:Re: Bleeding brakes - 1.9 - questions
From:neil n
Date:Wed, 9 Nov 2011 22:38:47 -0800

I know you specified "spongy", but since pedal height increases as you pump
the pedal.....

Is the shoe hardware correctly installed and are shoes correctly adjusted?

Neil.

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> Installed new rear cylinders, shoes, and drums. Bled them - several times.
> Doesn't appear to be anything but good clean fluid coming out - still super
> duper spongy. I can pump them a couple times and they are nice and firm
> then in less than a minute sponge again.
>
>

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Neil n

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