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Old 10-20-2009, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Silver69Camaro View Post
They shouldn't, and if they did, you'd feel it with the car up in the air. Mine only do it on a very hard corner, but I can still manage it on the street.

One way to tell what the heck is going on is to find a parking lot large enough for you to do a "skidpad test". Run the car hard enough to push the pads back, then coast to a stop (still turning in a circle). Jack the car up and you'll see the pad that is pushed away from the rotor. It's a very small gap, but it will be obvious. Trouble is finding a location to do this.
I have chased this problem for years...

List of what I have learned
  • Roller bearing on a Ford 9 inch won't work for road racing.

    GM went to a stiffer front wheel bearing on the ZR1, STS-V and CTS-V to fix brake knock back.

    The bigger the rotors the bigger the problem.

    2 psi valves won't do it
The test I use is to do a figure eight in a parking lot at max lat then measure the brake pedel travel.

If you can't fix the problem learn how to left foot brake on the straights to pump up the brakes. I have done this for years.

Mark
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