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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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>> "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.
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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.
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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]
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>> 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.[/color]
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> Not all self-adjusting brakes are activated by stopping while going
> backwards. Some are activated by using the parking brake.
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>> 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.[/color]
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> You just made my point that the root cause of the low pedal is wear;
> adjustment is the remedy. ;-)
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That's what I said in the first place, you replied that replacement was in
order.