** Reply to message from Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:29:15 -0700
> Ralph Shumaker wrote: > > I don't know why people call it an emergency brake. You never use it in > > an emergency unless you want to flip around backwards. > > 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. seriously? FYI, the "emergency" brake is connected only to the rear wheels via mechanical means( cables and levers ). For those interested, we used to call it the bat-brakes because with just the slightest turn of the steering wheel and then the application of the "bat brake", your ass end of the car would slide around so fast your head would spin. If you released at 180 degrees, you stop the slide and now heading in the opposite direction. If yoiu don't release, you were going to go around for 360 and more. I used to practice 180 and 360 maneuvers in a souped up VW beetle with heavy anti-sway bars and 7 or 8 ply sidewalls on the tires. fun fun fun. -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
