[Fot] Brake balance bar

[Duncan Charlton]

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 since one cylinder had no resistance.

Note to self: pressure bleed a balance-bar system next time!  This also means that if one circuit fails and loses fluid the bar will bend again.

Duncan Charlton
1121 Lower Elgin Rd
Elgin, Texas 78621
USA



> On May 26, 2017, at 10:28 PM, McKearn McKearn via Fot <fot at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> 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 nearly crashed when exiting an off ramp and had NO brakes...
>  After renewing rotors and pads and bleeding the brakes I have discovered that the balance bar is sticking and flipping back and forth . Actually up and down would be more accurate. It seams that the rear brakes require less travel of the master cylinder so the front master cylinder moves much more. This is causing the balance bar to achieve quite alot of angularity. As it moves in and out it sometimes flips up or down and sometimes it actually sticks and refuses to push the left (front) master cylinder in. This seams strange to me as this has worked fine for several years.Any suggestions??
>                  Thanks.  P.J.
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