You always want the fronts to lock up first as when
the rears lock up the rear end usually comes out and
it's easy to lose control. Like taking a corner to
fast in an old VW Beetle.
- pyoung <bf135@scn.org> wrote:
> In a panic stop weight shifts forward lightening the
> load on the rears.
> As the rear end starts to rise the proportioning
> valve reduces brake
> pressure to the rears (rod moves out of the valve
> housing) to keep the
> rears from locking up. Rod in = full pressure = full
> braking to the
> rear, rod out = reduced pressure = reduced braking
> to the rear. If for
> some reason in normal driving (car level) the rod is
> moved out or
> misadjusted with too large a gap you'd pretty much
> be driving with
> only the braking power of the fronts and the fronts
> would be more
> likely to lock up in a panic stop. The 'Ideal' I
> think is to have the
> fronts lock up just before the rears do, though I
> bet there are other
> opinions out there.
> Peat
> On Jul 13, 2005, at 11:07 PM, kenneth parker wrote:
>
> > I am curious how an improperly adjusted
> proportioning valve could
> > affect the front brakes though, and cause them to
> lock.
>
> > Ken
> >
>
>
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