Re: Brake pressure regulator revisited...

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <f7dcbf12.36bcc424@aol.com> Audifan1@aol.com writes:

> > It's asking for trouble.  Just unhook the spring and try an emergency
> >  stop (a real one!).  Make sure you have plenty of room.
>
> I can do this, got a long relatively private street in front of our
> townhouse.   If it stops like "normal" it means the thing does
> not work aynway, correct?

A real _EMERGENCY_ stop (and I mean CRASH WITH ALL YOUR WEIGHT) with
a non-functional compensator will cause the back end to step out _way_
beyond the ability of a normal driver to catch it.  Go to 30 mph and
_really_ lay in to it.  And then try doing it like it was _your_ kid
in the road.

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 Phil Payne
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