Re: Driving With Two Brakes

Correction to the below. The rear brakes are drum brakes, not brake shoes.

"Neil" <nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> What are the dangers of driving with two brakes? I just found out that 
> when my ex-wife took my teenage son's car in to be repaired last week, 
> they said there was a leak in the rear wheel cylindar, which was causing

> brake fluid to go onto the brake shoes, causing there to be no rear 
> brakes. She declined to have it repaired because of the cost.
>
> How dangerous is it to drive with front brakes only? Seems to me that
the 
> brakes could lock up or the car could spin or something like that if one

> has to stop suddenly when driving at freeway speeds. Any input is 
> appreciated.
>
> Oh, the car is a VW Golf, about 10 years old.
>
> Thanks!
>