joe, you are certainly correct about the steel braid brake hoses. we sell many
sets
every year and the price is only slightly higher than replacing the 4 stock
hoses.
for you info, we also make kevlar brake pads an shoes. this is a drum/rotor
friendly
compound that needs no warm up. good coefficient of friction and moderate
pedal
effort. a good matrerial that can be street driven, autocrossed, etc. people
havementioned semi metallic pads. most of what you see in pads - brass colored
particles - are there only to scrub the friction surface of the rotor or drum.
ted
Joe Curry wrote:
> Bob,
> I bought a set of Spit pads from VB in '96 when I restored my Spit and
> they have worked well since. They still have plenty of pad left. I
> rebuilt the master and slave cylinders but not the calipers. I did
> replace the rubber hoses with stainless braided ones. THat firmed up
> the brakes extremely well.
>
> Regards,
> Joe
>
> "R.D. Waid" wrote:
> >
> > Fellow Spitphiles,
> >
> > I'm wondering if anyone has comments/experiences about VB supplied front
>brake
> > pads. A PO replaced the pads shortly before I bought my car in Aug. 96. It
>has
> > always taken a lot of of pedal pressure to stop the car. I've assumed that
>it's
> > a rear brake problem, but after a complete re-do of the rears and multiple
> > adjustments, it's still almost impossible to lock the wheels up. The MC is
> > recently rebuilt. I'm getting a lot of pad dust on the front wheels. I'm
> > wondering if the friction material in the pads is soft, or glazed or..?? Any
> > recommendations on a (brand name?)semimetallic pad or other brake system
>change
> > that would help? What kind of brake pedal effort is neede in a properly
>set up
> > Spit? Am I just spoiled by years of power brakes?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Bob Waid
> > 71 Mark IV FK4081L
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