Thanks Bud,
My son's Honda Handbrake will skid the rear tires if applied quickly. That's
what I'd like from the TR4A. It doesn't come close. The emergency needs to
be a half mile away at least and in plain sight if I were to have to apply
the handbrake in an emergency. The half mile would be so I could plan my
route around the emergency once I arrived and sailed right on by!
JVV
----- Original Message -----
From: "levilevi" <levilevi@comcast.net>
To: "Triumphs" <triumphs@Autox.Team.Net>; "Gerald M Van Vlack"
<jerryvv@alltel.net>
Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 7:40 PM
Subject: Re: TR 6 Handbrake
> Gerald Van Vlack wrote: are the very latest TR6's equipped with a handle
that
> ratchets in a
> locking position while applied needing the button to be depressed all the
> while during disengagement of the brake?
>
> My TR6 has the handbrake as you described. I've never had to use it in an
> emergency thank God but it works well as a parking brake when adjusted
> correctly. I do two clicks and tighten the rear druns until they just
barely
> move by hand. I have used it to stop the car just to see if it would and
it
> did but obviously not as fast as all four brakes can.
>
> Bud Rolofson
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