need help with brakes

[LuckyWinner]

can someone give me a 1,2,3, step by step on how to adjust your wildwood brakes that come with the full kit. Which way you turn them...how do you turn them without striping them all the good stuff

[OCCPete]

Are you asking how to adjust the balance bar? :confused:

[LuckyWinner]

Are you asking how to adjust the balance bar? :confused:

yes

[CHOTIS BILL]

If go to Wilwood.com you can get a full explanation on adjusting it.

Bill Lomenick

[CraigS]

Put that adjustment in the middle of the range and don't worry about it. As long as it stops reasonably well I'd move on. Pad breakin etc, will change how it feels as miles build so working to a fine adjustment right now isn't worth the effort.

[skullandbones]

Put that adjustment in the middle of the range and don't worry about it. As long as it stops reasonably well I'd move on. Pad breakin etc, will change how it feels as miles build so working to a fine adjustment right now isn't worth the effort.

When you are looking straight down on the pedal box (with the adjustment centered per above- space between center block and left and right MC blocks on the bias bar should between 0.2 and 0.25 inches. Both clearances should add up to that range), make sure the push rods are parallel and centered in the MCs. If you don't have it right, they can be skewed out or in or even one could be off and the other one OK. I had to shorten the push rods on mine to get more room so I got up close and personal with the system. The other critical factor is to avoid any contact of the balance bar with other parts of the housing through the entire movement of the pedal. So extreme adjustments for bias will usually be the only time that you would have to worry about that (but do a visual check). I think FFR has put different front and rear MC in the kit now (if I read correctly). Mine were both 3/4 inch ones. If yours are corrected for bias with the MCs then you would have even less need for the bias bar adjustment. You may be able to more or less center it. If you have the dash mounted adjustment cable, you can do the bias adjustments when you are go karting it.

Note: it also warns you over and over again how dangerous it is to work on your brake system and it should be left to professionals if there is any doubt. But that's probably true for building a car in general!

Good luck, WEK.

[LuckyWinner]

anyone have a pic they can send me of their system? Also when I push on the pedal, one of them moves a lot more than the other, shouldn't they both compress the same?

[skullandbones]

Lucky,

Adjust the center block on the balance bar so it is half way between the two push rods on you MCs. It should balance out. You should be able to do it in one or two tries. If you can get your car off the ground, get someone to help you to test it by checking the resistance on the wheels. If you can get to where the front wheels start to get pad pressure a little before the rear ones that would be a good starting point. It won't take a lot of pressure on the pedal to start to hear some pad scuffing. If you get to much pressure all the calipers will start to close and you won't be able to tell. Some people use a torque wrench to get a reading off the wheels while at partial pressure to see if you have a little bias one way or the other. I don't know if there is a sure fire black and white method for measuring this. If so, I haven't seen it yet. WEK.

[Jeff Kleiner]

If go to Wilwood.com you can get a full explanation on adjusting it.

Bill Lomenick

What he said. Here, I'll save you the trip:

WILWOOD PEDAL BOX AND BALANCE BAR SETUP (http://www.smileysracing.com/downloads/get.aspx?i=7179)

Jeff