Quick question - when adjusting the bias bar, to get more braking force on the front, do I move the spherical bearing towards or away from that side?

I have been fiddling for a while now and I can't seem to make much difference

It pushes hard on the MC nearest the bearing

linky

Stop fiddling & get driving
Have you got your numbers plates sorted yet ?

I'm sorted now - all on the road but still have scary brakes. No servo and brand new discs & pads so I've got to do some weight training to bring my right leg up to spec

I know this is probably a stupid question but have you cleaned the discs if they're new? Mine had a thin film of anti-rust waxy lacquer on them when new and all applying the brakes did was shine them up even more!!! Cleaning that off them (with meths) made a big difference (even when using the same pads).... even then it took 20-30 miles for the brakes to really bed in....

[Edited on 20/1/07 by BenB]

During my two year build the discs went a little rusty so I am confident there isn't a coating on them. The swept area of each disc is starting to look more polished so I know the calipers are working correctly and they appear to be improving gradually (50 miles so far) but the whole car just feels underbraked at the moment which is a bit scary.

[Edited on 20-1-07 by RazMan]

Silly question but have you driven a car without a servo before ?,and can you lock the fronts up with a good stamp ? have you got any heat into the green stuff pads ?

[Edited on 20/1/07 by jonno]

I must admit it has been a long time since driving a non servo braked car - probably 20 years! Having said that I was still shocked at the amount of leg power needed to stop the car - the first time was a true 'brown trouser' moment due to the new pads & discs. Now that things are starting to bed in the force is not quite as bad but I still cannot get anything locked up yet ....... I might have to look closer at changing the master cylinder size or caliper piston size if they dont improve much more.

[Edited on 20-1-07 by RazMan]

Often the best way to work out which way to move things is to go to the extreme, then it is easy to know which way for a small change.

In the bias bar case if the pivot was inline with the front MC then you will get 100% on the front......