Re: Driving With Two Brakes

On Apr 4, 4:30 pm, "Neil" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 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!

If you drive slow and supplement the front brakes with transmission
braking, you'll be fine -  as long as the front brakes don't spring a
leak too. Big thing is drive slow.