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Re: PDWA

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Subject: Re: PDWA
From: jay_welch@juno.com
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:23:43 -0500
Thanks to all for the TR brake education. 

Dick, I honed my '73 TR6 M/C also before rebuild.   I inspected with a
light before re-assembly and didn't detect a step anywhere on the bore.
Perhaps a different model M/C? 

Jay


On Mon, 19 Nov 2001 12:03:48 -0800 (PST) tr6taylor@webtv.net (Sally or
Dick Taylor) writes:
> Rex--Jay--and Ralph Nader---I am not usually overly concerned with
> safety issues. For many years we drove cars that had only one 
> hydraulic
> system. If it failed, the pedal could go to the floor, and you were 
> left
> to your own devices on how to stop your car. The dual system that
> Triumph and others engineered gave the car an extra measure of
> protection, in that if either the two systems lost fluid, the other
> "side" could still stop the car. Coupled with a warning light 
> triggered
> by a shuttle going off-center to let you know this has occurred.
> Sometimes frustration with this dual system, its nagging warning 
> light,
> the high cost of replacing the PDWA or finding the parts to do so, 
> has
> led many of us to defeat its purpose. 
> 
> This probably sounds silly coming from a guy who thinks the spare 
> tire
> takes up too much trunk space, so runs the country without one, but 
> I
> like my brake warning system working.
> 
> Dick Taylor
> '73

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