On Apr 5, 10:13 am, Ulf <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ed Pirrero wrote:
> > On Apr 5, 1:40 am, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelati...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> > wrote:
> >> Ed Pirrero wrote:
> >>> On Apr 4, 3:42 pm, "Neil" <nos...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>>> An additional note re. this. The reason this came to light was
because my
> >>>> son's emergency brake wasn't holding the wheels. He brought it in,
asking
> >>>> them to adjust the emergency brake, and they told him that the
reason the
> >>>> emergency brake wasn't working was because of brake fluid that was
leaking
> >>>> out of the rear cyclinders. (They said that one cyclinder was
leaking a
> >>>> little, and another was leaking a lot.)
> >>> Considering it's a mechanical hand brake mechanism, fluid (or lack
> >>> thereof) isn't going to do anything, unless both rears are so
> >>> contaminated the brake shoes won't hold in the drums.
> >>> Seems unlikely.
> >> That's exactly what happens. The friction material loses its friction
when
> >> saturated with brake fluid. It is an oil of sorts after all !
>
> > You aren't really this dumb, are you?
>
> > Even oil-soaked shoes will provide SOME friction.
>
> > Enough to hold the car? I have no idea. Best not to test the
> > condition empirically, methinks.
>
> Considering many parking brakes are marginal to begin with, leaking
> brake fluid could easily make them next to useless. I ran my Jeep, which
> had a leaking axle seal at the time, through the brake tester at work,
> and on that wheel I had half the brake force compared the the other
> wheel. I know differential oil has different characteristics, but
still...
Considering the mass of the Golf, and the quality of the handbrake
system, it's not a given that the handbrake won't work.
E.P.
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