Mushy brakes 4 life...

Agreed it shouldn’t have this mush. Should be granite.
-1 shoes fit the drum radius very nice
-2 they are adjusted so tight they smoked after 1/4 mile
-3 Then would catch fire this tight. I can see wearing them in like this.
-5 Ha. Can’t even build enough pressure to make it flex if I wanted.

If all this is true then you have air........somewhere...........

How are you bleeding? I've always like PRESSURE bleeding. I know people preach gravity and vacuum, but they both "encourage" the entrance of air.......because atmospheric pressure!!