It helps to adjust the shoes snug against the brake drums before bleeding- - - - -that pushes the wheel cylinder pistons to their fully retracted position and forces any air in the cylinder close to the bleeder screw hole.
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!