<VV> a new brake question

[Bryan Blackwell]

Hi Brad,

By any chance, does your emergency brake not engage until the top of  
the travel?  If so, try this - pull the emergency brake about halfway  
up.  If that "fixes" the problem, you need to adjust the rear brakes  
closer.  I found that I was leaving the brakes really loose when I  
first put them together.

--Bryan

On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Brad Hall wrote:

> I have a '65 coupe here with new disc brakes on the front, new  
> wheel cyls, new hoses all around, all new steel lines, new master  
> cyl, new shoes, pads, in other words, the total brake system is  
> new.  The brakes work very well, but when you first push down the  
> pedal, it goes almost to the floor.  After the first push, all is  
> o.k.  I bench bled the master cyl, and then bled twice on the car.   
> There are absolutely no leaks at any of the joints, hoses, lines,  
> cyls.  My diagnosis was that the master cyl was leaking internally,  
> so I put another new master cyl on, didn't bench bleed it, bled the  
> brakes, and have the same problem.  Can it be that the front discs  
> are backing away from the pads, and require lots of fluid to get  
> back to their braking position?  Any help would really be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad Hall
> Corsa Ontario