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"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcomn> wrote in message
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>> "Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>>> You SAID you checked the rear brake adjustment, but this is the single
>>> most common problem when the brake pedal has a long travel.
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>> The most common cause of long brake pedal travel is worn brake linings.[/color]
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> That and poorly adjusted brakes.
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> I see no point in adjusting brakes without checking them for wear first
> though, since wear is what makes them go out of adjustment. I suppose I
> should advise people to check the brake shoes before adjusting them, but
> when one assumes as much intelligence as I assume, some stuff goes unsaid.
> Sorry if I assumed the OP was intelligent.[/color]

Rear drum brakes go out of adjustment due to brake lining wear, whether the
car has rear drum or disc brakes. Since rear drum brakes need adjustment
due to wear, the root cause of long pedal travel would be the worn linings,
not the out-of-adjustment condition. The rear brakes auto-adjust by
applying the parking brake.
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Ray O
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