Robert, (or anyone else for that matter)
Do you know of a modification that gets rid of this 'flex'?
Can the front suspension be realistically altered in such a way as to
stiffen it a bit?
Curious Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert M. Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: "Sally or Dick Taylor" <tr6taylor@webtv.net>
Cc: "Pim Alferink" <p.alferink3@chello.nl>; <6pack@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: Weird brake question # 163
> Hi,
>
> I had this pedal droop problem in the race car. I "fixed" it by
running
> the rear brakes a bit "tighter" than normal - tighten 'till the wheel
> doesn't turn and back off two "clicks" on the adjuster.
>
> I finally got annoyed by this situation recurring each time I removed
the
> brake drums (this is my race car, tear-downs are a pretty common
source of
> entertainment), so I decided to methodically determine the problem.
>
> What I discovered was that the idiot that installed the brakes put two
> "forward shoes" on one side and two "rear shoes" on the other other
side.
>
> The idiot, of course, was me. This is a testiment to the fact that
> assembling brake systems at 2 AM the night before a race with
practically
> no sleep for a few days is just a really bad idea!
>
> FWIW, I also get some pedal droop when I take the car through a
> particularly fast corner that loads one side or the other a lot -
maybe
> even to the point of drifting... you learn to "stab" the brakes with
your
> left foot when you're coming out of the corner so you don't get the
"aw
> shit" feeling when you get to the next corner...
>
> But that droop is def. related to suspension "flex" even with the
front
> bearings "socked up".
>
> Zoom Zoom,
> rml
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