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<x-charset iso-8859-1>I agree.. I must have had the wrong image in my head or read part of a reply. constricted hoses will give you a stiffish pedal down to a certain point where it gets firm, and will make the rear brakes apply more slowly than the front. When my hoses were constricted I still had no trouble with the brakes releasing, but the pedal felt as described above.. Keith > On 30 Jan 2002, at 19:12, Keith Park wrote: > > > Not the brake line.. the rear brake HOSES. If there original, there's your > > problem! > > 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. > > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org > > </x-charset>