Re: Driving With Two Brakes

GOn Fri, 4 Apr 2008 17:30:56 -0500, "Neil" <nospam@[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 he's going to keep the car, get it fixed, **ASAP** and keep the car
off the road untill it is repaired. If your ex won't pay for it, pay
for it yourself (ASSuming that your son doesn't have the funds to pay
for the job himself).

IIRC, one of the purposes of dual systems is incase one system fails
while in motion (such as suddenly developing a leak and losing all
fluid on that side) you still have *some* braking available to bring
the car safely to a stop. You say that the rears are not working and
fronts are. Don't wait for the fronts to fail and an accident to
occur. GET IT FIXED!

Oh, and for the love of Allah, pay no mind to what that idiot,
"Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS," said. 
--
S&DDAM admits to putting others in danger with its beater:

"Foot pumps are a joke. I had one once and since the piston only moves
like
2 inches it took 50 pumps to raise the pressure by one psi.  Go with the
hand pumps where the piston moves  around 15 inches. One of my tires has
exposed cords and i have to pump it up every week. "

    --Speeders & Drunk Drivers Are MURDERERS, 3/6/08
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