>Phil Ethier wrote:
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> >I launched, then made a few turns, accelerated, changed up
> >to second. Then
> >I needed to use the brakes for the first time on the run.
> >The pedal dropped
> >more than half the travel. The brakes worked fine, but it
> >felt really weird
> >having such a long stroke to get to them. Scared me half to
> >death the first
> >time.
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> >What the heck is this? Could the cornering force on the
> >these ridiculously
> >UN-sticky tires possibly cause the front disks to push back
> >enough to add
> >all this extra brake travel?
> >
> >Seems hard to believe. Neither I nor our picky tech
> >inspector thought the
> >wheel bearings were loose.
> >
> >Anybody recognize these symptoms?
Phil,
Just a thought in addition to what others have posted. I once had a problem
with boiling the brake fluid when autocrossing my Spitfire. I hadn't changed
the brake fluid and learned how much water had been absorbed the hard way
:-( . That brake fluid sure took the paint off the firewall! Doubt this is
your problem, but thought I would throw it out anyway.
-Larry Griffin
lgriffin@prodigy.net
68 Spitfire
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