how to adjust brakes, how do you? Options

[shaggy]

i just replaced all 4 corners.
rebuilt front hubs. changed rotors.
changed front calipers.
changed rear calipers.
changed rear rotors.

i bled the brakes 2 times.

the brakes feel soft.
i will press on the pedal but they wont engage firmly but if they were pumped they they would engage better, but they still arent what they should be. they feel like they need to build up pressure. im sure there is no air in the lines, ive bled then twice and the second time found only clear streams of fluid.

i have the stock brake set up with the 17mm master cylinder.

im using ceramic front pads.
and organic backs.

as i was bleeding the brakes there was a rubber line on the back(toward the driver) side of the resivoir that had broken off. i couldnt figure what it was going to so i just capped it.

anyone have any idea whats going on?
thanks
-jim

[Spoke]

how do i adjust the PB(?) on the rear brakes?

looking in to the proportioning valve air problem now.

thanks for the help!
-jim

The parking brake is adjusted at the ends of the parking brake cables near the cabin. There should be a nut that can be turned in and out. I don't think this is your issue.

If you can pump up the brake and get a hard pedal (somehow that sounds sexual), then there is still air in the lines. When you changed the calipars, did you keep the brake pedal depressed? My repair manual stated that if you remove a caliper, keeping the brake pedal depressed will keep the master cylinder from draining the brake reservour.

Keep bleeding and make sure the reservour has sufficient fluid so you don't drain it and add more air into the system. Chances are the rear brakes still need bled. They have the longest lines and the proportioning valve to boot.

About the rubber hose from the reservour, did it connect to the reservour on the top? I think they have an overflow hose. Make sure that the hoses to the master cylinder are intact and in good shape.

Spoke