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Subject:Re: Why do I have to pump my brakes?
From:Austin
Date:Sat, 30 May 1998 00:17:23 -0700

At 05:52 PM 5/29/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Lately my 1988 Double Cab requires me to pump my brake pedal once so it
>will grab a little better.  If I push the pedal down on the first pump it
>will go 2/3 of the way down and it will softly stop the truck.  If I pump
>it again it will only go 1/2 of the way down and I can stop much better.
>It is a bad master cylinder, bad rear brakes or what?
>
>-- David Marshall, Quesnel BC, mailto:david@volkswagen.org --

The rear (drum) shoes need adjusting.

Austin (BTDT)