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Old 09-26-2001, 01:38 PM
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RaceDeck,

I wish I had a solution for the front brakes via the internet.

You may check the following:

front axle settings (camber)
rotor out of round.

if one is warped (the left one) the brake piston moves farther away from the rotor than on the right side, causing a little lag.

shock absorbers.
if one is worn it does not follow the road surfaceas as the other one
(or set incorrectly)

does this make sense?

brake bias:
take your car on a slippery (wet) surface and brake with empty tank.
you do not want the rears to lock before the fronts do.

there is a drawback: due to the weight shift when braking under dry conditions the rears tend to lock even earlier. the weight shift is less on wet roads.

but i used this method as a good start. real values can be determined on a barke test station (do not know the correct expression in english).

does this help?

dominik
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