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1. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: mckearn2 at gmail.com (McKearn McKearn); Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 22:28:25 -0500; Hi all. Trying to get the GT6 back on the road after a long winter in retirement. This car has a racecar style braking system with dual master cylinders and a balance bar for tuning. Last fall I near; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00111.html (8,625 bytes)
2. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com (Duncan Charlton); Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 07:39:16 -0500; Might something in the balance system be bent? I made the mistake of having my wife stomp the pedal while I bled the brakes, one circuit at a time ? she pushed very hard and bent one of the rods sinc; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00112.html (10,380 bytes)
3. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: paulricco at att.net (Paul Ricco); Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 07:46:50 -0500; PJ, Yes on a suggestion. We have set up several of these over the years. Assuming that everything else in the brake system is plumbed and working correctly, what you have going on with the balance ba; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00113.html (11,197 bytes)
4. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: apage at prosystembrakes.com (Ashley Page); Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 11:19:25 -0400; With the info given in the original post there is simply not enough to go on. Maybe the best advice is to take the brake pedal assy out of the car and do maintenance / look for worn parts. That stuff; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00114.html (13,185 bytes)
5. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: duncan.charlton54 at gmail.com (Duncan Charlton); Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 10:26:17 -0500; On a related note, the Morgan Plus 4 I used to race seemed to have too much braking force in the rear. There was a hydraulic brake balance lever but that had already been adjusted all the way toward; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00115.html (13,587 bytes)
6. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: jhasty at mhc-law.com (John Hasty); Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 18:05:22 +0000; An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20170527/ba0d9795/attachment.html>; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00116.html (8,171 bytes)
7. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: mckearn2 at gmail.com (McKearn McKearn); Date: Sat, 27 May 2017 22:32:32 -0500; Thanks for the replies. O.K. assuming a master cylinder is the wrong size. Which way to go? I already have two 5/8 diameter cylinders. As far as I know you can't go smaller so I'll need to have one l; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00118.html (17,400 bytes)
8. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: apage at prosystembrakes.com (Ashley Page); Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 00:30:07 -0400; If "it worked fine for several years" then why all of a sudden does it need different size master cylinders to make it work now? It may need new master cylinders because one or both are bad or it may; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00119.html (20,582 bytes)
9. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: sjanzen at me.com (Scott Janzen); Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 00:36:31 -0400; I went one size larger on my gt6 for the front brakes' master for exactly the reasons you described. You need to move a lot more fluid to displace a 1.5" caliper piston than you do to move a small re; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00120.html (20,889 bytes)
10. [Fot] Brake balance bar (score: 1): Author: mckearn2 at gmail.com (McKearn McKearn); Date: Sun, 28 May 2017 14:56:23 -0500; Hi. I have not rebuilt the calipers I have just turned the rotors and put in new pads. As I mentioned earlier I found that the balance bar is the source of the problem. Specifically that it is flippi; /html/fot/2017-05/msg00122.html (21,020 bytes)

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