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Old 05-04-2019, 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by classical glass View Post
Hi, I run a corvette restoration shop specializing in 53-67 Corvettes. I have a good feel on what non power brakes are like. My Cobra is nothing like that. I have a 57, 58 fuel injected and a 67 427 430hp.I can lock up the brakes on all of them. That could not happen with the Cobra. I'm believing the problem lyes with the rotors. They feel too smooth and after 50 or so miles they should show some kind of skuff or circular wear pattern.I'm thinking the new shoes are not being broken in properly. I've done everything else that I could think of. One thing is for sure I will not drive this car until I get good brakes.
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You mentioned in Post #9 that your rotors do not look like mine. Why don't you just pull them off and have them turned and see if that makes a significant improvement? We know the big brake design works, so it's just a case of figuring out which component of yours is faulty -- and there's not that many pieces in the puzzle. Turning the rotors is a cheap and easy shot in the dark.
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