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On 3 May 99, at 20:30, David Yaghoubian wrote: > Today while on the freeway in heavy traffic I had to make a few quick > stops. I noticed a pull to the right side and immediately thought that was > strange. Soon after that the pedal started to feel a bit mushy, and then it > almost went to the floor! Because I have new replacement front calipers, > excellent condition discs, new rear cylinders/shoes etc.(and all *clean* > back there) and 6 month old 100% replaced brake fluid that was bled right > (I did all the work myself and the brakes have been *excellent* for the > last 6 months) My guess is that the 1 of the rears overheated and boiled the fluid, leaving you compressing vapor with the pedal. The rears can overheat because they are dragging all the time, just a bit. There can be several possible causes of this. You could have the rear brakes adjusted too tight. There could not be any brake pedal free play. The brake pedal could be sticking and not <f g all the way. What you should have done is felt each rotor/drum to see which one burned your fingers. That would have been a very big clue. Jim - ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe