[DeTomaso] Spongy wilwood brakes

[Herbert Butler]

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From: MikeLDrew at aol.com [mailto:MikeLDrew at aol.com] 
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 9:56 AM
To: hjbutler at bellsouth.net; detomaso at realbig.com
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Spongy wilwood brakes

 


In a message dated 3/3/07 7 52 27, hjbutler at bellsouth.net writes:





You may remember about 2 months ago I was trying to figure out why my
wilwood brakes were spongy. With ideas from the members I cased it down to
the front calipers flexing. Well this morning I installed new billet 6
piston wilwoods and the sponginess is gone. I have not driven the car yet,
waiting for new rear pads, but the pedal is solid. I have been trying to
solve this problem for 5 years hopefully it is solved. Anyone with spongy
brakes and wildwood superlight II calipers should check this. It is not
cheap but it appears to solve the problem.



>>>Fascinating.

Did you have Wilwood 2psi (blue) check valves in the system?

Yes



I wonder if the problem was fundamental to the design of your old calipers,
or if there was actually something wrong with them, or if the simple act of
removing them, cleaning them out and reinstalling them would have had the
same effect?

I think the original superlight II have known problem with being not ridgid.
That is one reason everyone runs a 1 1/8 inch mastercylinder. Larger bore
less movement. The problem is higher pedal effort.



No matter, what's done is done and you've achieved braking happiness, so
congratulations!

Mike (fighting his own Wilwood issues--rear rotors out of true to the tune
of .023"!!!)




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