[Fot] brake bias

[RACER BUD]

Whoa!...if someone is not able to check  gauges on a road course..they 
should not be out there.
Racer Bud
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Munson" <fasttrs at mindspring.com>
To: "'rob'" <19to1tr6 at comcast.net>; "'Bill Babcock'" <Billb at bnj.com>
Cc: <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 1:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Fot] brake bias


> I've been told "if you have enough time to look at your gauges you're not
> going fast enough or braking late enough". LOL
>
> I have never noticed any feedback from my pedal but have heard some 
> clicking
> due to run out on a car with mufflers. A light turning of the rotors 
> solved
> the problem.
>
> Mike
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of rob
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 3:05 PM
> To: Bill Babcock
> Cc: fot at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Fot] brake bias
>
> 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 at 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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