If you want bad brakes, rely on the automatic adjusters. If you want good full pedal, adjust the shoes till they lock up the wheel, then back the adjuster off until you just can feel a very light drag. First couple of hard stops will "wear in" the shoes and you will turn free with no drag. OR, Find a clear area and back up, hit the brakes while backing up, multiple times ie pump, pump, pump.. pull forward and do it again and again. The only time automatic adjusters engage is when you are backing up, [clever huh?] My personal preference is to manually adjust them so I can actually feel that I have full contact, then back the adj off a touch.
You will much improve pedal travel and brake contact. Question: Did you measure the rear drums when you had them off? It's possible they were turned to the limit at last brake job and are now out of limit large, so even new shoes won't fill the space? On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If the master cylinder has air in it, will bleeding at the wheels remove > that air, or does it need to be bled in a separate procedure? > > On 5/24/2019 1:21 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > > Yea I guess I could try that. I had planned on just letting them > > adjust out on their own. > > > > On 5/24/2019 1:18 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > >> So have you adjusted out the rear brake drums? If not, that would be my > >> next move. > >> ------------- > >> Max > >> Charleston SC > >> > >> > >> On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 2:15 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Ok, I a bled the crap out of it. I did the bleeder at the abs unit, > >>> then did all the wheels again started and RR, the LR, RF, LF. I ran > >>> about 3qts of fluid thru it. At all wheels I have clean fluid and no > >>> bubbles coming out. Took it out and it still has very little braking. > >>> Pedal goes probably 3/4 of the way to the floor till any sort of > >>> braking > >>> action happens. It will stop, but not very fast and would not stop > >>> pulling a trailer. Even if the back brakes were not fully adjusted out > >>> yet it would be better than this. When I pump the pedal it does return > >>> but its not an instant return as soon as you left off the pedal. Also, > >>> when just holding steady pressure at about the half pedal travel or > >>> oven > >>> 3/4 travel pedal does not sink it seems to stay steady. Also, the red > >>> brake lite is on that would come on if the parking brake is on, the > >>> manual says this indicates a brake problem. No joke. I really do not > >>> see how I could still have air in the lines. Brakes are worse than > >>> they > >>> were before I replaced the rear wheel cylinders but they were never > >>> very > >>> good in the first place. The front calipers and hoses are fairly > >>> new also. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://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 > >> > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://www.avg.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://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 > > 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 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
