Figures as follows:-
Service Brake
N/S O/S
Front
210 230
Rear
160 160
Parking Brake
170 180
Also what does a Balance figure of 100 mean?
Any help gratefully received as I am baffled.
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Thanks Mogwai, did just that and got a figure of between 55 and 60 on the scale so will use that as my reference in future.Mogwai wrote:find a quiet level road & sit the meter in the passenger footwell. unlock the scale so it moves freely then set it to 0 by rotating the guage on its pivot, lock the scale & drive at a steady 20 mph then brake sharply without skiding the scale will rotate & lock at the highest reading.
The figures given on the rollers should have been calculated against the weight of the vehicle but I cant remember if its done with the tapley meter or not
Yes, I think those figures must be the wrong way round. I had brand new shoes fitted but even so I wouldn't expect the handbrake to be better than the foot brake. I can speak from experience about the ineffectiveness of the h/brake after losing the brakes going down hill recently.bmcecosse wrote:Tapley is not used now except in exceptional circs where the MOT place can't determine the eight of the vehicle. Seems odd from your figures above that the rear brakes make more force on the hand lever than on the foot !!! But main point is the balance is good - which of course Tapley won't tell you.