[W126 Coupe] brake bias adjustment

[Shayegan, Richard]

I would try putting the same pads at every corner. The rears aren't
fading because they don't do much work, but the fronts are now grabbing
with much more friction in relation to the rear than before.


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[mailto:mbcoupes-bounces at mbcoupes.com] On Behalf Of Divov
	Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 2:00 PM
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	Subject: [W126 Coupe] brake bias adjustment
	
	
	Further to my exploits racing a 500SEC.(Euro)
	 
	Since the first race I have now had the suspension
professionally lowered by the local Bilstein agents.
	Fitted stiffer & shorter springs plus fitted the adjustable
Bilstein shocks as per the AMG kit for the W126.
	Ditched the self levelling suspension at the same time.
	The car now feels like a go-cart compared with before. (Goodbye
the nice luxurious Merc ride..)
	However, the front brakes tend to lock too easily.
	(but..this was already the case prior to the lowering of the
suspension)
	 
	As back ground to what I have already done previously...
	I ditched the standard Merc 'Tektar' front brake pads as they
were hopeless when they got hot. All the resin bled out...
	leaving a pad surface which you could scrape out with little
effort since the resin had largely boiled out. 
	So I fitted Ferodo Ceramic 'Platinum' pads which is the best
pads I can get locally.
	I replaced the rear pads with standard Merc pads
	I now have brakes that don't fade appreciably over race distance
(what a change!) however the front brakes grab rather violently and not
progressive at all. - I'm either not braking significantly or I'm
locking the front brakes. 
	Not much in between. (Yes - I have changed the brake fluid and
bled the brakes religiously)
	My question to the wise men out there.
	Do I now play around with brake balance & get more braking to
the rear?
	How does one adjust the brake bias?
	Should I get rid of the o.e. Merc rear pads as well?
	All suggestions are eagerly welcome.
	Thanks guys.
	Regards
	Alec Divov
	(Kyalami - South Africa)
	 

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