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Some of you might remember my struggle to get what I considered strong braking, even after many rounds of bleeding, bedding, pad brand changes, and voodoo. I finally noticed how much the firewall flexed and the master cylinder moved under hard pedal pressure, and built a brace to support it. See my main thread.
On my first drive of 2023, the brakes finally felt strong, and I could lock up the front pretty easily. But with strong brake response I now have strong pull to the right. I did set the rear pad clearance on both sides, inside and out, to .004". Any suggestions? One thing I have not done yet is corner weight balance. If the right front (and left rear) are carrying too much weight, would that make the car pull to the right as the weight shifts forward under hard braking? |
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Thanks, guys. Yes, I know the corner weight difference is a long shot. But I want to motivate myself to get to my friends garage and use his scales.
Anyway, some other info. The system was all new or rebuilt by PMB, including the calipers. All the hard and soft lines were new. Everything has at most about 300 miles so far. The car sat in my garage all winter, so unlikely that corrosion (if any) affected L and R disks differently. I went through an exhaustive process for ride height and alignment last year, and did not touch any of that over the winter. I just set tire pressures. I will recheck the alignment to see if something changed. BTW, I did sense a weak pull to the right last year, when I could not get full braking force. |
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