Well, my rear axle swap went very well, and while I was under there I replaced the brake lines going from the "T" mounted on the axle to the two rear wheel cylinders. I bled the rear brakes (i had the line capped during the axle swap), topped off the master cylinder, and tried the pedal. It went down quite lower than before, in fact, when the brake pedal was hard, it was even with the gas pedal. So, I started from scratch, inspected the master cylinder (found the refill port plugged) so i cleaned everything up, honed, rebuilt, then bled all four wheels again. I made sure the wear adjusters worked, and adjusted the eccentrics on all 8 shoes to make sure the shoes were as close to the drums as possible. And after all that work, bled the brakes again. I've bled the system 4 times, at all 4 corners, and the brake pedal still travels down until it is even with the gas pedal. If I pump the pedal once, it comes up about half way from the floor, which is where the pedal used to be. any more than a 1 second delay in between the pumps and the pedal sinks down to the gas pedal level. So, can someone out there with an R series half ton make a measurement from the floor to where the brake pedal gets hard without pumping? I don't have an inch measurement because it is visible and right even with the gas pedal. thanks in advance
chris
chris
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