-=> Quoting Paul Edwards to John Tserkezis <=-

Hello Paul,

 JT> If you lose either the front or back half of your braking system, you
 JT> still have _some_ braking, but maybe you don't know how much this
 JT> "some" actually is.  

 PE> Half.
 
 Assuming no additional loss, and also assuming the brake balance is set up
for 70% front 30% back, and assuming your front brakes are the ones that
will go-  You have 30% brake left, at best.  Fair bit less than half.

 JT> This "some" is actually a lot closer to "fuck
all" rather than
 JT> "just made it".

 PE> Two "fuck all"'s make a whole do they?

 When you lose one, you also are pumping fluid out of that leak for a short
while.
 
 JT> How much do YOU trust your "non dual redundant" brake
system now?  Still 
 JT> do? Read up on it, and find out how this "dual braking
system" works, and 
 JT> then ask which areas fail according to common failures, and what happens 
 JT> when it does.

 PE> I did read up on it, and the manual told me that it was designed so
 PE> that if one part of the system failed, the thing would still work.  In
 PE> this case, the question is on the front brake hoses.  BFN.  Paul. 

 Stiff shit.  The book for my car says exactly the same thing.

 Either way, even IF you still have half brakes available, how will you know
if it goes at the most inopportune moment?  Rather incovenient time to fail
I bet.

John Tserkezis, Sydney, Oz. Fidonet: 3:712/610  Internet: jt{at}suburbia.com.au

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