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lifting wheels on the black stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:09 am
by lil86
hey got a bit of a scare yesterday driving to work when some stupid woman pulls out infront of me and slams on the breaks causing me to jump on the traps quite hard and thats where things went pear shaped. rear wheels locked up and started coming around and then that floating feeling just like when you've lifted a wheel on the ruff stuff
im farking sliding on 3 wheels at 60 km/hr! anyway came to a halt and the left rear came dowm with a bang. im guessing its something to do with brake bias due to being lifted but wat do u do to fix it? its not an experiance i'd like to live again.
Re: lifting wheels on the black stuff
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:15 am
by bogged
take it to a brake place and have one of their cheap "FULL" inspections for $30 or what ever
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:20 am
by turps
That isnt what is supposed to happen. Normaly when you lift the car, but dont worry about the Load Proportioning Valve. You get rear brakes at all, or at least very little. As it thinks the car is empty, so rear brake force should be really low.
I'm with bogged take it to a brake place and they may have an easy fix for the valve thingy.
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:24 am
by berazafi
sounds like what mine was doing, rear drums were out of round, get them machined now perfect
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 10:51 am
by Kane
Buy a lifted GQ Patrol, take the sway bars out and you'll know what lifting wheels is all about
. Tramp it around any left hand corner and you will soon find out
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 3:34 pm
by bazzle
It would be smart if you told us what you drive?
Easier to offer suggestions then matee
Bazzle
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:03 pm
by lil86
sorry i thought i did, Ln65 hilux, 2 inch body lift, 2 inch ome lift. 33 muds
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 5:59 pm
by high n mighty
Funnily enough I dont think that 2" springs will effect your brakes noticably at all. def get it to the brake specialist imo. Is it just that it picked a wheel up because you got out of shape or is it that maybe the COG is now that far away from std that it behaves like that. My missus is banned from driving mine after she lifted a wheel rounding a corner for about 5 secs at the same sorta speed.
Posted: Thu Oct 07, 2004 6:47 pm
by Beastmavster
Kane wrote:Buy a lifted GQ Patrol, take the sway bars out and you'll know what lifting wheels is all about
. Tramp it around any left hand corner and you will soon find out
Mmm.... know that feeling.... take the left up the ramp onto the Northern Road at Rode Road.....
Wooohooo!