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Originally Posted by BRENT in 10-uh-C
For Colin and others who feel the FHT floaters make the brake pedal pressure softer/easier, can you tell me exactly the component in his kit that allows this to happen?
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I'm no engineer, but I think it's supposed to be the floating wedge and anchor. The rotational force exerted on one shoe by the rotating drum is transferred as braking force to the other shoe via the floaters, rather than being transferred to stationary components on the backing plate. In this manner, some of the braking force is "recycled" from the wheel itself, decreasing the force exerted by the operator to achieve a given braking force.