New axle, brakes still soft.

[colintrax]

Put a "new" axle under my brothers ranger to get lower gearing. Stuck with drum brakes to make the swap easier, however I can't seem to get them bled right. ~40 cycles on each rear brake and the pedal is still a little soft. Brakes grab hard but they could be better. Any ideas to fix this? Reused the old shoes/drums/hardware. Clean fluid is coming out. No ABS light.

Thanks

 

[RangerX]

Did you bleed the front at well?

 

[colintrax]

Did you bleed the front at well?

No, do you think that's neccasary? Brake line disconnected at the frame mount. And the brakes were very strong before hand

 

[RangerX]

Yup. And in the right order. Passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front.
What year Ranger is it?

 

[colintrax]

Yup. And in the right order. Passenger rear, driver rear, passenger front, driver front.
What year Ranger is it?

It's a 2000 supercab, what's the reason for the order?

 

[RangerX]

Heh, I'm not sure exactly, but it has to do with the distance from the master cyl of each wheel.