Date:         Thu, 29 May 2003 22:16:27 -0400
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@GULL.US>
Subject:      Re: vanagon Digest - 29 May 2003 - Special issue (#2003-561)
Comments: To: Art McGinn <amcginn@microweb.com>
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On Thu, 29 May 2003 18:37:16 -0700, Art McGinn <amcginn@MICROWEB.COM>
wrote:

> subject: '82 westy brake pedal action
>
> just got a new brake job, fore and aft, and the feel of the brake pedal
> is a
> little distressing but maybe it's only moi. there's a bit of a whoosh
> sound
> as you depress the pedal and the pedal does not seem to meet resistance,
> which is to say brake hard, as soon as i'd like or am accustomed to.  i
> have
> the sense that i can also pump it up slightly and improve on that point
> of
> resistance. but, once we get to that point, it stops firmly.

Check the adjustment of your rear brakes.  The rear brakes tend to set the
pedal height.  Your symptoms sound like your back brake shoes are adjusted
too far from the drums.

For a quick check, try pulling the parking brake up a couple notches and
see if your brakes feel better.

--

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Diesel Westfalia
'94 Honda Civic Si