Genuine Brake Pads

[VW Convert]

It's simple, the VWs (and the Pug it sounds like too) have the brakes biased towards the rear under normal braking to reduce the amount that the car's nose dips.

I'm actually wondering if this is due to ABS & or EBD. On a car without ABS & or EBD, braking has to be biased towards the front wheels due to less weight over rear wheels, no brake bias = locking rear wheels.

With ABS/EBD, because the brakes sense lock up as it is occurring, it is possible to increase the proportion of braking done by the rears and depend on ABS/EBD to avoid lock up, this would account for greater wear of the rear pads. Does this make sense anyone?

Cheers

George

[wokwn]

With ABS/EBD, because the brakes sense lock up as it is occurring, it is possible to increase the proportion of braking done by the rears and depend on ABS/EBD to avoid lock up, this would account for greater wear of the rear pads. Does this make sense anyone?

Cheers

George

Yes, under heavy braking, EBD does provide more braking power to to the rear wheels. Unless you are braking with ABS all the time, the EBD would not account for the increased wear.

The bias, on the other hand, is always active (not just under heavy braking) and is to reduce nose-dip. Does it work? I have no idea. But I like the idea.

My dad said when teaching me to drive, that a glass of water on the dash should not slop back at the end of a brake-to-stop due to the nose of the car rising back up. I try to brake that way all the time (although in Melbourne it's not possible most of the time and the brake boost on the Jetta is not particularly subtle).