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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Well, Jim... another one chalked up to you. Thanks for saving me so much effort by suggesting that I should check the lines before rebuilding the calipers on my '73 Square. Sure enough it had the stock line on the DS front, and a replaced line on the PS front. The DS line was collapsed inside, and wouldn't build enough pressure to stop the wheel, but was trapping enough fluid to keep the pads pressed against the rotor, wearing them down really fast. I replaced both lines, and found a pretty good deal at about 10 bucks per line. Then new pads, and it is stopping again. I do have a question related to this though... How much travel should I have in the pedal? The brakes have been messed up since I got the car it seems, and my bus is drums, so I'm not sure how far the pedal should travel. It goes down really far, and just gets tight all of a sudden. Stops the car pretty well, and does it fairly straight, so I guess it is working. It's pretty consistent about being that far too. I can't really "pump them up" to where the pressure occurs at shorter travel. Is this okay? Is there anything I should be checking? Bryan Castles Arlington, TX USA '70 Bus (Ex-Westy) '73 Square www.version3.net ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ </x-charset>