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)