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1. Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon_atwork@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 16:23:54 PST
Seeing all the emails on brake efficiency causes me to ask a question -- on my '57 MGA, it seems fairly easy to lock up the rear wheels -- is this normal? I have drums all round, the brakes were prof
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00245.html (7,598 bytes)

2. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 03:31:18
is this normal? I have drums all round, the brakes were professionally re-built about 2 years ago. I don't think it's normal. I autocross a lot, usually on race tires nut occasionally on street tires
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00264.html (11,151 bytes)

3. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 09:46:33 EST
<< I have always been a little concerned about overheating the brakes (being drum brakes), but I now think I have my concerns mis-placed: I drove over the Santa Cruz mountains during the tour before
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00268.html (8,063 bytes)

4. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 09:47:16 -0600
Uh, someone wrote that his Ply Voyager suffered from brake fade afer a run thru the mountains. He coupled this phenom to the ABS. Someone else advised changing to a brake fluid with a higher boiling
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00332.html (7,547 bytes)

5. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:35:41 -0500
AMICA, an insurance company that seems to do most of its business in New England, sent out a Holiday Safety booklet recently. In the auto maintenance section was a part that said: "To improve brake a
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00348.html (8,071 bytes)

6. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:37:41 EST
<< That's what they wrote. Questions-does anyone routinely clean brakes? Once contaminated with oil or grease, isn't it best practice to fix the leak and replace the contaminated shoes or pads? What
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00363.html (7,880 bytes)

7. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 10:37:40 EST
<< Someone else advised changing to a brake fluid with a higher boiling point to combat fade. >> My post suggested changing the brake fluid. I had a similar experience in my Mitsubishi Expo, with ABS
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00364.html (8,793 bytes)

8. Re: Brake Efficiency (score: 1)
Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 1999 15:29:38 -0500
I put it on the list because it appeared to pertain to Brake Efficiency, and might be a way to divert the quarreling over the reuse of $4 of brake fluid. Bob
/html/mgs/1999-11/msg00385.html (8,629 bytes)


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