Brake woes

[Vanillagurilla]

So over the last couple months ive replaced the rubber hoses with braided ss, new shoes and wheel cylinders, new master cylinder and the front hard likes today since one was leaking. Everything bled great with shoes adjusted all the way out to the drums no bubbles when done and shoes adjusted. Brake pedal moves 3inches before any braking takes place, I've adjusted the push rod to 5mm at the top of the pedal. Only thing I can think of is bad front drums.[/u]

[YDBD]

Could be...somewhere on the drum is the max diameter in raised numbers. If you take it to a brake shop they can mic it for you.

When you say all the way out you did adjust both stars the right way? I usually adjust each one until the drum can't be turned, then back of two or three clicks and do the other star and then back it off. The wheel should be able to spin but only about one revolution if you spin it hard.
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'56 pan Dune Buggy since '69
don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
'73 Personenkraftwagen Type 182 "Thing"

[Vanillagurilla]

[YDBD]

pull the drum off and step on the pedal to check wheel cylinder movement?

If they are dragging the wheel cylinder should push out enough to engage fairly quickly.
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'56 pan Dune Buggy since '69
don't live in the past...but when I did:
'67 bug
'64 baja
'60 dune buggy
'73 Personenkraftwagen Type 182 "Thing"

[Vanillagurilla]

[sicksforeveedub]

When you replaced the wheel cylinders, did you go with original sizes? I have a similar issue, and it took me a while to realize that my huge (super beetle front) wheel cylinders on my type 3 rear conversion take so much fluid to move that the pedal has to travel that much further. Just a thought.
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[Vanillagurilla]