[TR] Stay away from California!

[Wbeech@flash.net]

Andrew,
If something were to come up and pierce that canister, my guess your best
option at that point would be prayer!
Bill Beecher
'58 TR-3A TS/30766 L (On the road in 2009!)
'59 TR-3A TS/64974 LO (in buckets, for sale... anyone?)
"A Triumph is man's best friend, it always comes when it is called...of
course, some times it is difficult to make it go"

 

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From: auprichard at comcast.net [mailto:auprichard at comcast.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 4:59 PM
To: pethier at comcast.net
Cc: list Triumph; Wbeech at flash.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Stay away from California!



I realize the outer compartment is larger and feeds the brakes, but I have
often wondered would it not be better to reverse the set up:  that way, if
something were to pierce the canister for whatever reason, the clutch might
go out, but at least the brakes would be preserved.

 

Andrew Uprichard 

In England, but unfortunately not enough time to enjoy it


----- Original Message -----
From: pethier at comcast.net
To: "Wbeech at flash.net" <wbeech at flash.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:53:47 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [TR] Stay away from California!

----- "Wbeech at flash.net" <wbeech at flash.net> wrote:

> I have often wondered about this logic of two separate chambers for
> the
> fluid.  It would seem to me that to have the full capacity of the can
> available would be the safer route, especially for the brakes.  Or
> the
> greater fear that there is more exposure to failure of both systems
> should
> one system fail?

Sure.  A clutch failure taking out your brakes is no picnic. The systems on
my TR4 are completely separate, and that's the way I like it.

Of course, both the TR4 and my Seven have single-system brakes, but that's
another story.

Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
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