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Re: beginners tech question

To: <vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: beginners tech question
From: "Tony Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Sat, 8 May 1999 21:01:06 -0500
-----Original Message-----
From: MHKitchen@aol.com

>In a message dated 5/8/99 9:06:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>lotus.tony@airmail.net writes:
>
><< Find a    s  m  o  o  t  h    gravel road or parking lot, induce lock-up
>and
> hold it to a stop . . .the tracks should tell all . . .
>  >>
>
>Not necessarily....its also quite dependent on car attitude.  What happens
on
>the sraight and flat could be different in a real corner, with banking,
>suspension movement, etc...  The above should only tell you if you have one
>brake hanging up.


Well, the beginner who posed the query would likely do well to deal with the
one "hanging up" . . . with a little experience, he should be able to
identify which wheel is "locking up" by the induced yaw or steering feel in
whatever attitude it occurs.
Tony
>Myles
>


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