Another cause of brake peddel going down to far, and
then pumping to increase peddel height, is rotors or drums
have been cut down to far.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler

On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Fred Porter wrote:

> Austin wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> ***I think this diagnosis is quesitonable....i replaced shoes, drums and
> wheel cylinders on both reare brakes.  Before and now after the
> servicing, my brakes were/are slightly soft, and after a couple cycles
> of the brake pedal are noticeably tighter.  But, i think my rear brakes
> are set up pretty tight to begin with since it takes very little pull on
> the emergency brake lever to set them tight.
> later,
> fred
> >
> > Austin (BTDT)
>