(Fwd) Re: [T3] brakes

["Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

forwarded to the list:

> I don't think so. Bad hoses can certainly make your brakes fail to
release,
> but I've never seen them fail to apply. Besides, he never mentioned having
> any difficulty bleeding the rear brakes, so there must have been a clear
path
> thru to the rear wheel cylinders.

If you press hard on the pedal and hold the pressure constant, does the
pedal slowly move downwards?
If so it could be a worn bore/seal in the master cylinder.

Might be interesting to check this, the rear brake shoes. I once found a
simular problem was caused by cheap rear shoes, the metalwork of the shoe
was actually bending at the point where it enters the adjuster and wheel
cylinders.


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Jim Adney
jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, WI 53711-3054
USA

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