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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcomn> wrote in message
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>> "Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOTcomn> 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]
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> 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.[/color]


Yes, it a perfect world, the rear brakes would always self adjust (btw, they
do this by stopping while going backwards), but the world isn't always
perfect.

The brakes can easily wear while the self adjusters take a vacation, and the
recovery action is to adjust them manually to get the pedal travel back in
line. Certainly, the brakes can wear to the point they require replacement,
but replacement isn't always required when the pedal travel is long.

This is a moot point though because the OP said he adjusted the brakes
already.