First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Joe,
You are magnificent! Thanks! Bo > From: Joe Paoletta <[email protected]> > Reply-To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:17:29 -0400 > To: First Generation Firebird-L <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [FGF] Brake job 101 > > First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List > ......................................................................... > It is not "wide open" > > there is not a lot of fluid volume during braking application just a few > ml's. BUT over the life of a set of pads there is a lot of fluid > movement. > > Ponder this. You are rolling down the road and apply the brakes. Imagine > how much fluid you need to move the pads to apply friction to stop the > car ? not a whole lot, > > BUT > > Now your pads are just about wasted. The piston (or wheel cylinder) has > to move out to take up the slack of the worn pad... that piston has ever > so slowly crept out over 30+ thousand miles... > > Now here YOU come and try to put it ALL back in one fell swoop....sure > it would be easy with the cap off.. you're a moving a big volume of > fluid(relativly) in a short period of time. > > This is not hydraulics on an excavator with huge pistons...those systems > have very large vents... > > Our puny system does not need much to work... > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> > Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> > > Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> > Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/>
