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i reread the post and art and i have been trading stories.
here's what i gather, fwiw. it's possible the shims are acting like springs if they are not lubed to glide inside the calipers and along the pins.
when i do brakes, and i forget nobody here has seen me do brakes, i brush out all the crud in the calipers. i wirewheel the rust off the pins, and on the rears, the spring plates. the surface the pin passes over and the portion that the pads ride against. 1161325 paste goes on the backing plate, both surfaces of the shims, the edge of the pad that slides in the caliper and any surface the pin that has something that moves along it. plus, i always open the bleeder as opposed to pushing old fluid back into the system. then, we have to consider that all pads have to be broken in. new pads will feel soft and have a lower pedal until the material hardens under braking. i hope the edge code on the pads is ff, anything else is gonna be too soft. i hate to ask, what brand of pads. as i read this post i thought the problem was a firm pedal that would then go to the floor, thus expalining all the bleeding taking place. it now reads that the pedal is firm but lower than before. if any of this is wrong, then lemme know, please. off i go, chuck.
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