The brake pad and shoe material take time to bed in. The PBR pads I put in had a procedure for this. From their website: http://www.pbrbrakes.com/html/products/friction/breakin_procedures.htm this is just an example. YMMV ? ;)
On 10/26/14, Dan Barrett <dbx@pobox.com> wrote: > (1) the brakes are slightly softer than I remember. I've bled > them a couple of times, and the parking brake is dialed > in perfectly as far as I can tell. The brakes do not get > firmer with pumping, they just bite slightly farther down the > pedal travel than I'd like. What have I done wrong?
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