brake problem (one tire lockup)
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brake problem (one tire lockup)
Last night I was working on getting my willwood proportioning valve setup correctly...
At any low speeds say 40-50mph I would brake hard and the car felt great...
The brakes would grab good and lockup was controlable..
I slowly started to increase my speeds and also I increased how fast I tried to get the brakes to lockup. Everything seemed ok until I tried braking from 70....
I got on the brakes quickly and tried to get them right before the point of lockup...then....for reasons im not sure of the front left wheel locked up all on its own....car pulled really hard to the left and the back started doing its own thing...
I got off the brakes and let the car fix itself and I stopped playing with my brakes for the night...
Now im confused as to why one wheel grabbed harder then the rest when it was given that much load. The only things i can offer in this is Tire Pressure (which Im almost certain is exact for the 2 fronts) and that my lines are completly bled, which I did about a 2 months ago with a ton of fluid.
Any help would be great...
At any low speeds say 40-50mph I would brake hard and the car felt great...
The brakes would grab good and lockup was controlable..
I slowly started to increase my speeds and also I increased how fast I tried to get the brakes to lockup. Everything seemed ok until I tried braking from 70....
I got on the brakes quickly and tried to get them right before the point of lockup...then....for reasons im not sure of the front left wheel locked up all on its own....car pulled really hard to the left and the back started doing its own thing...
I got off the brakes and let the car fix itself and I stopped playing with my brakes for the night...
Now im confused as to why one wheel grabbed harder then the rest when it was given that much load. The only things i can offer in this is Tire Pressure (which Im almost certain is exact for the 2 fronts) and that my lines are completly bled, which I did about a 2 months ago with a ton of fluid.
Any help would be great...
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Originally Posted by rynberg
It could be something as simple as the pavement was different on that part of the lane -- one of the reasons ABS was invented.
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If you have coilovers check your corner weights. I was helping someone out at an SCCA race and one corner of his car was light and he had brake lockup on that corner fist. He adjusted it to get better corner weights and the problem seemed to go away. Food for thought.
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