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BigScott
 Post subject: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 11:50 pm 
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My new buggy is going to have 4 wheel disk brakes with dual master cylinder and balance bar. I was wondering if I should run a staging brake on the front, so If i'm backing down a hill I can just work the front brakes. Is anyone doing this and if so how well does it work?

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 12:00 am 
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Most everyone I know runs a seperate front brake set up with a hand leaver. Going down hill works as much as you want it to. Only way to do front brakes.

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:14 pm 
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And front brakes do little to none when backin off a hill. All the weight is off your front wheels, so they just slide. Front brakes are for downhill, and they make it 400 times better when coming down steep stuff.

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 9:32 pm 
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i beg to differ. ive never been in a situation where my front brakes on my foot pedal screwed me. and we run all the hairy stuff at wellsville, and believe me, it gets bad!
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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 10:22 pm 
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JeffClay wrote:
i beg to differ. ive never been in a situation where my front brakes on my foot pedal screwed me. and we run all the hairy stuff at wellsville, and believe me, it gets bad!


i beg to differ jef! ask mickeymouse what his front brakes on the pedal did to him with his daughter in his buggy at wilbourns :| on his lid :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:26 pm 
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i run disks on the back - drums on the front. Got the drums adjusted so that you have to push a little harder on the pedal to make them grab. Never had any trouble

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
PostPosted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:22 pm 
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Nice thing about dual cutters, you can use them for rear only backing down a hill. Then you still have full brakes when you hit the pedal.

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
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or you can make it very easy! set front brakes up like staging brake and be done :roll: :wink:

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
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bmoore wrote:
or you can make it very easy! set front brakes up like staging brake and be done :roll: :wink:


Steering wheel left hand
Cutters right hand
Front Brake Left testicle?????

Plus on the street I want all 4 at once.

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 Post subject: Re: Staging Brake
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nitro_mudder wrote:
bmoore wrote:
or you can make it very easy! set front brakes up like staging brake and be done :roll: :wink:


Steering wheel left hand
Cutters right hand
Front Brake Left testicle?????

Plus on the street I want all 4 at once.


steering wheel right hand going down hill front end first, no need for front brakes when backing down a hill :wink:
front brake left hand :wink:

some dont build for the street :mrgreen:

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