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RE: What if? Brakes

To: "- triumph \(E-mail\)" <Triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: What if? Brakes
From: "Randall Young" <ryoung@navcomtech.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2003 14:26:25 -0800
> Remember that Triumph changed the rear cylinders
> on the TR6
> from 0.7 to 0.75 (a 15 % change in cross sectional area) in the middle of
> the production run without changing the master cylinder. You tell me which
> system was "unbalanced".

That's easy, the answer is "both of them, under some circumstances".
Front/rear balance is by no means static, it depends on tires, surface,
loading, pads/shoes, etc.  Triumph jiggled the balance several times, trying
to get the best match for the way most people drove the cars.

Randall

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