Eliminating Caliper Piston Knock Back In High Performance Vehicles

Document Number: 2006-01-3197

Date Published: October 2006

Author(s):
Cengiz R. Shevket - SKF
Steven J. Weber - General Motors Corporation

Abstract:
Powerful vehicles that are adequately designed to corner at high speeds can generate very high lateral forces at tire-road interface. These forces are counterbalanced by chassis, suspension and brake components allowing the vehicle to confidently maneuver around a corner. Although these components may not damage under such high cornering loads, elastic deflections can significantly alter a vehicles performance. One such phenomenon is increased brake pedal travel, to engage brakes, after severe cornering maneuvers. Authors of this paper have worked together to solve exactly this problem on a very powerful luxury segment car.

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