[Mg-t] Fw: Re: dual brake system

[mgbob at juno.com]

   The TD's hand brake will stop the wheels, locking them without much effort
on the lever.  Whether the wheels then stop the car is the question. 60
percent, or so, of the stopping is done by front wheels. If it's to be thought
of as an emergency brake, one should choose the emergency carefully.
Bob


---------- Original Message ----------
From: Richard Kleihorst <richard at kleihorst.com>
To: mg-t at autox.team.net
Subject: [Mg-t] Fw: Re:  dual brake system
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:44:11 -0700 (PDT)

Richard

--- On Wed, 4/21/10, Richard Kleihorst <richard at kleihorst.com> wrote:


From: Richard Kleihorst <richard at kleihorst.com>
Subject: Re: [Mg-t] dual brake system
To: PopeyMike at aol.com
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 8:43 AM







Hi Michael,

a dual system enables me to spread the brake work over some time without
taking the car off the road. I can remove the rear brake components, renovate
them on the bench and plug the lines so I can drive with the front brakes
only
vise versa.

Is the term "emergency brake" or "parking brake"?
Once I commented to a classic car dealer in the states (while
negotiating a '66 Mustang)
that the emergency brake was non-functional. His comment was: "that is
acceptable, you only need it in an emergency".

Richard

--- On Mon, 4/19/10, PopeyMike at aol.com <PopeyMike at aol.com> wrote:



Why would you want to do that?  If emergency brake works correctly - then inn
effect you are ok.

Dual brake systems did not come into general use till the 1970's - somehow
all
the cars before that managed to drive on the road with a single system.



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