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Re: [Shop-talk] Sticking/Draging caliper

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Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] Sticking/Draging caliper
From: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 08:15:37 -0500
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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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charset=3Dus-ascii"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">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?<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's all I'm using.</div><div><br></div><div>Did you =
replace the proportioning valve too? It might have a piece of gunk in =
there messing the L-R balance =
up.</div><div><br></div><div>jim</div><div><br><div><div>On Jan 5, 2016, =
at 9:47 PM, Matt Wehland &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:mjw@littlegrassy.com";>mjw@littlegrassy.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
type=3D"cite"><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; =
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widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: =
none; display: inline !important;">That and the fact that it ate REAR =
brake pads, while the fronts looked =
fine.</span></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>=

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