Mushy Brake Pedal. Driving me crazy

[JDFeniello]

Hey all. THis is my first post on The Ranger Station. I was on Ford ranger Forum for a while, but there arent as many people, and i rarely ever got a useful response to a problem.

Anyway, Heres the deal.
I just rebuilt the rear drum brakes on my 94 ranger. new shoes, wheel cylinder, springs, in both wheels, new lines to the hose, new hose, new line to the ABS distributor. This was all because of a leaky line, so i decided to replace all this while i was at it.
After assembling everything (properly, i might add), and bleeding the brakes (all 4) with almost 2 quarts of fluid getting no more air out, bleeding the master cylinder with no air coming out, and properly adjusting the star adjusters on the rear drum brakes, i still cant get a firm pedal. I am fairly sure its RWABS, and not All Wheel, and i say this because there are only 2 lines coming out of the ABS distributor. I could be wrong, and if it is All wheel ABS, i know it needs to be bled by a professional.

but, assuming its RWABS, does anybody have any ideas what could be keeping the pedal from having good grab on the brakes?

Im at my wits end. please help.

 

[Earl43P]

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_info/wp_howto_bleedbrakes.shtml

 

[aspevacek]

does the brake pedal creep at all if you hold it steady under pressure? Or i sit just the fact the pedal feel ssoft? If it is soft have someone pump up the pedal like you are bleeding at the wheels then instead of bleeding at the wheels, crack the lines a littl eby th emaster cylinder. Have water there to flush everything as it will break down the break fluid as you do this.

I am kinda leaning towards internal leak down around the cups in the master cylinder itself, as you had the whole system open I am pretty sure the master cylinder went dry and may have allowed the seals to move in the master cylinder at a partial dry state. What this means is you most likely will have to replace the master cylinder to restore that firm pedal feel you are after.