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Re: [Healeys] Rear breaks locking

To: "'Greg Mandas'" <gmandas@yahoo.com>, "'Team Healey List'"
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Rear breaks locking
From: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2010 20:53:53 -0400
Greg, 

Your brake booster needs to be working so that you could lock all 4 corners
without much effort. You have some work to do.

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Greg Mandas
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2010 8:42 PM
To: Team Healey List
Subject: [Healeys] Rear breaks locking

On my Sunday drive I had occasion to lock up the brakes. A person in the on
coming lane was in a hurry to turn left and since I wasn't tailgating it
must have appeared there was enough of a gap to shoot.  For anyone from
Connecticut, I was on RT-25 southbound at RT-136, in Stepney. Nuff said.    

The rear wheels locked and the fronts didn't. The brake booster on my BJ8
isn't working, so the brakes are functional but hard.  I'm figuring the lack
of a functional booster isn't a factor.   

Is this locking typical or do I have work to do? 

Greg
65BJ8
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