10-06-2008, 06:46 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Utah
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Originally Posted by Alfajay
I'm not trying to discourage you from talking with the smart people at Alfastop, but there might be nothing wrong with your brakes. They do take some muscle. With no power assist, 750/101 brakes just feel odd to us inhabitants of the 21st Century.
Softer linings might help the situation. Many 750/101 owners living in larger metropolitan areas can get their shoes relined locally by a company that handles truck brakes. Of course, those folks may only stock super hard materials, and hence the high pedal pressure. But, you could take your shoes to a local reliner, see if they can assess the hardness of the material, and ask whether they can replace it with anything softer.
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It's a combination of the high effort and the lack of progression - it goes like this: push hard - little effect, push really hard - starts slowing, push a bit harder than that - four wheel lockup. Exciting with a 9% grade on a curvy road in the PA mountains.
-Jason
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Jason Arrington
'60 Giulietta Spider
'67 Super - Project no more!
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