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All of my VW's have also used the rears faster. Somebody once told me it
was to make the car brake flatter so that you don't feel the nose dive with
light braking.
-Paul
On Wed, Jan 6, 2016 at 8:15 AM, Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org> wrote:
> For what it's worth, both my Subaru Impreza and my Mini Cooper use rears
> faster than fronts. And I can feel the rears bite before the front. Maybe
> it's a safety thing, to settle the car before really slowing it?
>
> If I have to brake hard, I don't notice which bites first, but 99% of my
> braking is the last 50' or so, or removing just a bit of speed, so light
> braking, I can feel the rears, and sometimes I think that's all I'm using.
>
> Did you replace the proportioning valve too? It might have a piece of gunk
> in there messing the L-R balance up.
>
> jim
>
> On Jan 5, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Matt Wehland <mjw@littlegrassy.com> wrote:
>
> That and the fact that it ate REAR brake pads, while the fronts looked
> fine.
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">All of my VW's have also used the rears faster.=C2=A0 =
Somebody once told me it was to make the car brake flatter so that you don&=
#39;t feel the nose dive with light braking.<div><br></div><div>-Paul<br><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 6, 2016=
at 8:15 AM, Jim Franklin <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jamesf@gr=
oupwbench.org" target=3D"_blank">jamesf@groupwbench.org</a>></span> wrot=
e:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-l=
eft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word">Fo=
r what it's worth, both my Subaru Impreza and my Mini Cooper use rears =
faster than fronts. And I can feel the rears bite before the front. Maybe i=
t's a safety thing, to settle the car before really slowing it?<div><br=
></div><div>If I have to brake hard, I don't notice which bites first, =
but 99% of my braking is the last 50' or so, or removing just a bit of =
speed, so light braking, I can feel the rears, and sometimes I think that&#=
39;s all I'm using.</div><div><br></div><div>Did you replace the propor=
tioning valve too? It might have a piece of gunk in there messing the L-R b=
alance up.</div><span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><div><br></d=
iv><div>jim</div></font></span><span class=3D""><div><br><div><div>On Jan 5=
, 2016, at 9:47 PM, Matt Wehland <<a href=3D"mailto:mjw@littlegrassy.com=
" target=3D"_blank">mjw@littlegrassy.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquot=
e type=3D"cite"><span style=3D"font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-st=
yle:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;lin=
e-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-=
space:normal;word-spacing:0px;float:none;display:inline!important">That and=
the fact that it ate REAR brake pads, while the fronts looked fine.</span>=
</blockquote></div></div></span></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></=
div>
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