[urq] brake pedal feel

Buchholz, Steven Steven.Buchholz at kla-tencor.com
Mon May 22 18:09:52 EDT 2006


... to me this is a classic description of a the symptoms you'll have with a faulty pressure accumulator ... I call it the double OH $#!T ... the first one when you press hard on the brakes and don't get the braking force you were expecting, and the second one when the brake assist catches up and starts applying way too much braking force ... 

Steve B
San José, CA (USA)
> 
> I developed this same problem at the track over the weekend.  Keith
> describes it to the 'T' with, "If you stand on the pedal hard the
> pedal feel is hard with very little braking effect but if you stay on
> it (maintain the pressure) the full assistance comes in and the brakes
> suddenly work well."  Needless to say, coming into turn 9 at Bremerton
> Raceway was disconcerting. I'd deal with it like turbo lag, get on the
> brakes a beat or two before I actually wanted them to kick in.  Kinda
> creepy.


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