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> I changed one of the cylinders in the front that had some fluid past the cup. > This has given me a solid half pedal. Meaning that when I press the pedal it > becomes solid half way down. I have adjusted the brakes and have gravity bled > them. I am hoping that after a test drive and a re-adjustment that I should have > better pedal. Does anyone out there have any further ideas about what could help > the pedal feel? I have moved the pedal adjuster stop all the way back (toward > the rear of the car). Any feed back would be great. Thanks. > Are your shoes adjusted properly? They should be as near to rubbing as possible without actually resisting the wheel turning. I usually turn the adjusters until the road wheel actually gets hard to turn, than back off until free and do the other adjuster on that wheel. If the shoes are away from the drums, you will need more pedal movement to take up the slack. For the pedal free play, press on the pedal by hand - it should move about 3/4" before you feel the push-rod touch the piston. If it moves a lot further you have to sort out the pedal stop and maybe the pushrod length (only if it's a single circuit m/c). Once this is right, operate the pedal with your foot, and if it still goes an inch or so without any real resistance, but then hardens, I can only assume you still have air in the system.. Dave. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~