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Re: TR6 brakes - how good/bad?

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Subject: Re: TR6 brakes - how good/bad?
From: "Joe Donovan" <jdonovan@mediaone.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2001 22:06:49 -0400
I think that the brakes on a 6 should be pretty good if they are in good
working order.   I had a soft pedal last year on start up that got cured by
having them bled.    Since then they've been fine.


>When I obtained my TR6 the brakes (amongst other things) were in poor
order.
>Winter 1999 - following done, front - new discs, caliper pistons freed, new
>seals, pads, flexible hoses; rear - new drums, seals, shoes. Passed MOT
>test. This year I took car to a friend for MOT - he passed it, but
commented
>that brake force was poor - marginally better than a Austin Metro! Compared
>to my daily driver (Alfa Romeo 147) the brakes are poor but I thought, as
>the TR6 is 27 years old, this was perhaps 'normal'.  I have considered
>fitting kevlar pads (EBC Green), before any more radical upgrade. But, am I
>missing something more fundamental?
>Any comments/suggestions welcome.
>TIA
>Ian Viles (Derbyshire)
>73 TR6 PI

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