dakman7
02-25-2008, 10:56 PM
Hey All,
Haven't posted much in awhile so first I'd like to say howdy to everyone and hope everyone is doing well. Went to the track today after a 2 year hiatus and made some passes that were less than impressive (14.3 - 14.5) probably mostly due to the 3/4 tank of gas I had in the truck. Anyway after doing Test-N-Tune and winning 3 rounds of the Street Warrior competition I was in the staging lanes ready to do the 4th round semi's and noticed that when I put my truck in drive it didn't want to creep away at idle like it normally does. I checked the emergency brake and it was fine so I gave it just a bit of gas and it moved forward although it felt like something was holding it back a bit. Well the staging guy was waving me in so I moved in and did the race. I had a good reaction time (.56) and launched pretty good but it still felt like something was holding me back. Anyway, the 12 second Grand Prix I was racing caught me at the end of the track and passed me winning the race. After getting my timeslip it said I ran a 14.8 which is really bad. After checking everything out it felt like the front brakes were sticking or something so I started limping my way home and stopped at Wayne's Dyno and Performance and let the truck sit for a bit while talking to Wayne (Thanks for the assistance on your day off Wayne). After I left Wayne's house the truck felt fine until I hit the brakes again and it was back to feeling sluggish. I got her home and lifted the front end and both of the front tires could not be turned by bare hand at all. Finally to my question.........Has anyone experienced this issue with their trucks? I was thinking it was only the right front brake at first due to the heat coming from it at the track compared to the left side. Wayne and I were thinking the caliper was faulty but after getting it home and finding that both of them are sticking I'm wondering if it's the proportioning valve or master cylinder. Any thoughts would be appreciated.......Thanks!!!!!!! : )
Here's a plug for you Wayne.......Thanks again!!!!!!!!!
http://www.waynesdyno.net/
Michael Hoover
BLK Y2K R/T RC
13.996 @ 97.41mph
Hubert, NC
http://home.ec.rr.com/mhoover/
Haven't posted much in awhile so first I'd like to say howdy to everyone and hope everyone is doing well. Went to the track today after a 2 year hiatus and made some passes that were less than impressive (14.3 - 14.5) probably mostly due to the 3/4 tank of gas I had in the truck. Anyway after doing Test-N-Tune and winning 3 rounds of the Street Warrior competition I was in the staging lanes ready to do the 4th round semi's and noticed that when I put my truck in drive it didn't want to creep away at idle like it normally does. I checked the emergency brake and it was fine so I gave it just a bit of gas and it moved forward although it felt like something was holding it back a bit. Well the staging guy was waving me in so I moved in and did the race. I had a good reaction time (.56) and launched pretty good but it still felt like something was holding me back. Anyway, the 12 second Grand Prix I was racing caught me at the end of the track and passed me winning the race. After getting my timeslip it said I ran a 14.8 which is really bad. After checking everything out it felt like the front brakes were sticking or something so I started limping my way home and stopped at Wayne's Dyno and Performance and let the truck sit for a bit while talking to Wayne (Thanks for the assistance on your day off Wayne). After I left Wayne's house the truck felt fine until I hit the brakes again and it was back to feeling sluggish. I got her home and lifted the front end and both of the front tires could not be turned by bare hand at all. Finally to my question.........Has anyone experienced this issue with their trucks? I was thinking it was only the right front brake at first due to the heat coming from it at the track compared to the left side. Wayne and I were thinking the caliper was faulty but after getting it home and finding that both of them are sticking I'm wondering if it's the proportioning valve or master cylinder. Any thoughts would be appreciated.......Thanks!!!!!!! : )
Here's a plug for you Wayne.......Thanks again!!!!!!!!!
http://www.waynesdyno.net/
Michael Hoover
BLK Y2K R/T RC
13.996 @ 97.41mph
Hubert, NC
http://home.ec.rr.com/mhoover/