Figuring out that I couldn’t trust one of my hydraulic hoses was a big deal. That forced me to run thru my memory banks re. my many tests and retests and make some decisions as to which I could trust and which I couldn’t. Significantly, figuring out how (and getting the fittings) to test the brake system at any point, makes it easy to, in the future, to rigorously test the system to my heart’s delight.
But I was totally burned out on the effort, and I needed to break contact, pun intended, and get my shit ready for Rd Atl.
What I do know is that my early conclusions re. insufficient front pressure are suspect. Deciding that my 2 spare ABS pumps were bad because I couldn’t get fluid to bleed thru them needs to be tested again.
A booster related problem is back on the table as a possibility. I have a spare booster and checkvalve.
It’s a little tricky trying to come up with an explanation as to why the brakes seemed to be better on the first lap of each session, but maybe it’s because I was going a lot slower in that first lap. A lot of those first laps were under yellow. Maybe I was fooling myself in that my brakes weren’t working so well in general but it just wasn’t obvious until I was hauling ass on lap 2. Potentially I could imagine them as being sort of ok and moderate speeds but kinda sucky at high speed, simply because I was demanding so much more of them at high speed.
I’m not sure yet what the problem is. But I do know that I learned a lot and I’ve all the spares I need to figure this out.
At RA this weekend, if you see me right behind you going into 10A, look hard. If you see my eyes wide with alarm, move to your left so I have a straight shot into the gravel trap. The safest place, of course, would be behind me.