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On 10 Nov 2003 at 20:58, The Rossos wrote: > Well after readjusting the rear brakes, the pedal does feel better. I guess > from what Jim said the pedal won't feel as hard as it did before since my > old calipers were dragging badly. The pedal still seems to travel about > half way before it gets hard, but I've been driving cars with power brakes > since I've been playing around with my brakes. Also, I've been pumping the > pedal so much I don't know what it should feel like anymore, but it is > definitely better and doesn't need to be pumped to get the car stopped. There's a bit of a trick to getting new shoes adjusted. I usually adjust them as well as I can and then (with the car still up on jackstands) get in and start the engine. Run the car in both forward and reverse and apply the brakes gently a few times. This will center the shoes in the drums if they aren't already. After this I often find that I can tighten up the adjusters a bit more. Once you have a few miles on the new shoes you can probably adjust them again and make things even better. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org