Ralph Shumaker wrote: > Steve M Bibayoff wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Really? On the cars I've worked on (admittedly older), I seem to remember >>> that the emergency break would engage much more strongly on the rear wheels >>> than the front ones. >>> >>> That's hardly a recipe for for flipping around backwards. >>> >>> >> You have obviously never used the "emergency break" why going down the >> road > 50 mph (or if you have, been very, very lucky). >> >> >> mho, >> >> Steve >> >> > > It has been fairly well established that whether the front wheels lock > up or the back, if the other set continues to spin freely, the locked > set ends up in front. >
I meant to say that the locked set ends up in front according to the direction of movement. If the car is moving backwards at a sufficient speed and the front wheels were to lock up, the car would flip around. -- Ralph o _ _ _ _o /\_ _ \\o (_)\__/o (_) _< \_ _>(_) (_)/<_ \_| \ _|/'\/ (_)>(_) (_)Shumaker (_) (_) (_)' _\o_ -- KPLUG-LPSG@kernel-panic.org http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
