Braking system balancing

The braking system has to be chosen in function of the vehicle characteristics; it is very important that the max braking power be equally distributed between the front and the rear axles; when the braking system is correctly balanced, the working temperatures of the front and rear brakes must be similar. 

It is possible to adjust brake balance between the front and rear axles through the adjustment rod, but only for variations up to 10% MAX: in fact the pedal force must be always applied in the vicinity of the center of the adjusting rod in order to obtain a good efficiency of the brake pedal mechanism.

If the system isn’t balanced even after adjusting, the causes must be searched somewhere else: master cylinders diameter, caliper type, disc diameter etc. In any case, before replacing any components, it is necessary to make sure that the combination of components works correctly.

A good general rule to obtain a good efficiency is however to have as similar as possible the master cylinders loads and strokes.