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PostPosted:Mon Jul 20, 2015 4:22 pm 
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Small Block

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Car Details:Camaro genII 1978 LT with later heads from IROC Edelbrock 600cfm carb and performer inlet manifold and period wheels.
All factory items fitted and working. Aircon and Cruise
Silver with Ox blood interior.
New front discs n pads. Nearly new rear shoes.
All fitted correctly. Shoes right way round.
New proportioning valve. Bled fine.
When braking hard the rear drivers side locks first.
On brake test rollers all fine and working.
Whats the cause or is it normal as back is lighter?

Forgot to say that front calipers were cleaned up when nice stuff fitted
But not replaced. They were sticking b4 clean up.
But have noticed rattle from front end even tho clips fitted.
Could it be calipers again?
Front discs showing little or no wear since fitting on outside face of disc showing thru wheel.


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brakes behaving weird or are they?

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PostPosted:Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:54 pm 
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Car Details:79' camaro road & track day toy. 383 stroker, 5 speed TKO trans, lots of suspension stuff, 13" Vette brakes, 18" wheels.
Location:Luton
I don't think I ever got my rear drums to lockup (before disc conversion ) even with new drums, cylinders and heavy duty shoes.
I'd check a few things.
Are the master cylinder and proportioning valve connected correctly and right way round as pressure is quite different front to rear.
Rebleed master cylinder.

The front discs should be really hot and impossible to touch after a swift drive so if not they're not working properly. .

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PostPosted:Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:39 am 
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Big Block

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Car Details:80 T/A with a BBC
79 Z28
68 Firebird F 400
67 Firebird Convertible
Location:Penzance, Cornwall
Rears lock up on my 67 I think because its the wrong master cylinder and proportioning valve. on the rollers it shows that the fronts are not working much more than the rears, were it should be double ish atleast.


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PostPosted:Mon Jul 27, 2015 1:39 pm 
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Big Block

Joined:Mon Mar 09, 2009 12:13 pm
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Car Details:1979 Camaro
Leaking wheel cylinder can cause the drums to lock, but I would expect that to show up on the rollers.

How easily does it lock? Are you doing a full emergency stop to test, or 'normal' braking?


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