This morning the local shop agreed to turn the discs. It did take a little
convincing that they were not for a street car The shop has been in the
same location scence i was a kid and the man dueing the work is no spring
chicken.So that and a buck fifty gets you a cup of coffee. We'll see
thanks for the help and feed back rob
----- Original Message -----
From: "rob" <19to1tr6@comcast.net>
To: "Bill Babcock" <Billb@bnj.com>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 8:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] brake bias
>I like the don't worry about it fix Wow its such a small number. rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Babcock
> To: rob
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 7:30 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] brake bias
>
>
> Probably. That's actually quite a bit. I'd have the disks turned by
> someone
> who knows what they are doing and understands that racing disks are not
> street
> (otherwise they'd probably say the disks are too skinny to turn). Or don't
> worry about it. Consider it kind of a poor man's ABS
>
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 1:05 PM, rob wrote:
>
>
> On Randalls sujestion i did a quick check on the disc thickness on
> about
> 10 locations Many are the same and the most variation is .006 I did not
> spend much time on this and will do it more carefully as time allows It
> will
> take more time to do the run out check as well. Is .006 enough to cause
> sittuation rob
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bill Babcock
> To: rob
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 4:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Fot] brake bias
>
>
> I'd see how true your rear disks are, a little wobble causes a lot of
> pressure variation. Rear wheels are also prone to a lot more hop as the
> weight
> shifts forward. Hard to see how that would make the pressure flutter, but
> it
> might.
>
>
> On Mar 17, 2009, at 8:56 AM, rob wrote:
>
>
> I have Mike Munson's rear disc brake convertion on my tr-6. I
> recently
> added
> bias gauges. The rear gauge flutters rapaidly under breaking.I have
> not lost
> performance and i am pretty certain there is no air in the system
> The
> gauge
> for the front remains steady under breaking thanks for the help
> rob
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