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[QUOTE="TexKDX, post: 377620, member: 16276"] Wayne - Glad to see you got your brake situation tamed. One note though that may help you in the future - about adjusting your brake actuating rod after installing new pads. Changing the pads has no effect per se on the placement of the rod. The hydro system is self adjusting, in that additional fluid is drawn from the reservoir as the pads wear, keeping the pressure the same and the placement of the piston in the master cylinder the same, assuming it is allowed to return to its fully extended position (see next paragraph). When you install the new pads and push the slave (caliper) piston back in, all you do is force some fluid back up into the reservoir. This is not to say that adjusting the rod could not have some positive effect on the process; sometimes the rod or lever in the case of the clutch or front brake can be adjusted in such a fashion that one of the holes in the master cylinder is blocked by the piston. This does not allow the system to suck fluid in correctly and it becomes appearent when bleeding where you are trying to pass a (relatively) large amount of fluid in a small amount of time. All this said, I still recommend you take Patman up on his barbecue offer. One thing I learned from living in Texas - if it can be pulled by a half ton pickup, then it isn't a REAL smoker. A REAL smoker takes at minimum a 3/4 ton, preferably a 1 ton with a diesel. Just make sure he's cookin' beef or pork that day, not Armadillo ;) [/QUOTE]
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