[Vwdiesel] Not Deisel, just brake bleeding hell on a VW bug question

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/23/2010 7:29:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
dieselwesty at yahoo.com writes:

> Beaten down in NJ.
> This is one of the few time I have conceded to the VW gremlins.
> 

  My Jetta was similar, pedal to the floor and weak brakes.  I THOUGHT 
I'd replaced the rear drums and shoes.  I hadn't.  Turned out the 
drums were worn/turned beyond specs and the wheel cylinders weren't 
capable of traveling that far to take up the slack.  Try pulling your 
parking brake most of the way up and see if that helps.  If it does, 
and you've put on new shoes, you probably need new drums and it'll 
fix it.  
  I went through the same frustration since I thought I'd already done 
it!
    Loren