n1ywb
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- The Green Mountains
I'm rollin some heavy 33"s. I've got the dual diaphragm booster and a ford 8.8 rear with discs and a proportioning valve.
My braking SUCKS. I have seen it written that I should be able to lock up the tires with this setup. NOT EVEN CLOSE. I'm a big strong guy and I can TROMP on that brake pedal and they will not even SCUFF let alone lock. I am engine braking all the time because my brakes suck so bad. And now I want to tow a boat. I've got 4.88 gears so I can engine brake like nobody's business but it's hell on my poor AW-4.
The discs and pads are pretty new. The calipers were replaced not that many years ago. I bled the piss out of them a while ago and it didn't really help.
They hold when you step on them so I'm assuming MC is OK. They don't pull so I'm guessing calipers are OK.
I'm pressing the pedal down to full travel AFAICT. I mean I have tried STOMPING on it (I can deadlift 300 so I'm not ****ing around).
I'm thinking WJ caliper upgrade but before I go through that I want to make sure there isn't something else wrong.
Should my braking really be this bad or is something wrong?
How else could I troubleshoot this?
Would different pads/rotors/calipers help? Any other low buck brake upgrades besides WJ? Don't want to go 16" wheels...
My braking SUCKS. I have seen it written that I should be able to lock up the tires with this setup. NOT EVEN CLOSE. I'm a big strong guy and I can TROMP on that brake pedal and they will not even SCUFF let alone lock. I am engine braking all the time because my brakes suck so bad. And now I want to tow a boat. I've got 4.88 gears so I can engine brake like nobody's business but it's hell on my poor AW-4.
The discs and pads are pretty new. The calipers were replaced not that many years ago. I bled the piss out of them a while ago and it didn't really help.
They hold when you step on them so I'm assuming MC is OK. They don't pull so I'm guessing calipers are OK.
I'm pressing the pedal down to full travel AFAICT. I mean I have tried STOMPING on it (I can deadlift 300 so I'm not ****ing around).
I'm thinking WJ caliper upgrade but before I go through that I want to make sure there isn't something else wrong.
Should my braking really be this bad or is something wrong?
How else could I troubleshoot this?
Would different pads/rotors/calipers help? Any other low buck brake upgrades besides WJ? Don't want to go 16" wheels...