Fred, I have even gone so far as to adjust the shoes as tight as they will go and then bleed with no pedal at all until several pumps, then only a little. Frustrating.
Mike On Sep 5, 2011 12:58 PM, "Fred Moir" <fred.s...@verizon.net> wrote: > Alles. > Of the VW brake repair methods mentioned, one is missing. > Contouring the shoe to the curve of the drum. We did this (many moons > ago) at the dealership as part of a complete brake job. > From what was written there is no bypass in the M/cyl., no air in the > system, and the shoes have been "adjusted" to just dragging. > The only thing left is too much movement in the shoe to drum action, > hence the contouring. > YMMV > > Fred Moir > Lynn MA > Diesel preferred > > > On 9/5/2011 12:44 PM, Michael Canfield wrote: >> No proportioning valve on a Bug. >> >> Mike >> On Sep 5, 2011 10:20 AM, "Mitch Haley"<m...@voyager.net> wrote: >> >>> Michael Canfield wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Max, >>>> Discs would be a nice upgrade but all of my drum parts are new. Just have >>>> not been able to get a good pedal. Pump the crap out of them and it will >>>> lock the rear wheels but nothing on the front with two different master >>>> cylinders. >>>> >>> Proportioning valve sending full pressure to the rears? > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
