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In a message dated 10/19/01 9:07:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time, jadney@vwtype3.org writes: << It would be normal for the pedal travel to be less with the parking brake applied, even on properly adjusted brakes. Now I'm wondering if the shoes you got were not type 3 shoes (wrong diameter?) or something like that. Or if the drums are deeply grooved and the shoes need to seat into them before they'll actually fit right and be solid. >> I got the shoes from calimports and they seem to be the correct ones, I compared the shoes I replaced. My father mentioned haveing my shoes arched, is this necessary? the ebrake is easily engaged by a little pull the handle, and it works well. if my rear brakes were out of adjustment enough to interfere, wouldnt my ebrake not work well? Also I am wondering if I have a faulty MC, though it is new. what would my brakes feel like if only one half of my MC was fuctioning? could it be what I have discribed(3 to 4 pumps)? I would think that if one half was not runctioning I would still have better brake pressure than I get, unless it part of the MC that controls the front, right? could this be a possibility? tomarow I will go get a clear hose and try flushing the entire system,and check all the connections again.... Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org