Bleeding brakes-pedal pressure problem. Could use some advice/suggestions

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Early in this thread you said you had 1/4 to a half" inch of free play to the piston, then later you stated its been reduced to 1/4", which is still too much. You only want enough that you know for a fact the piston can travel all the way to the end. Like 1/16 or less.

with the boot off you can feel the rod to see if it has any play, and thats all you want or you have cheated yourself out of some stroke.