Re: IML: Brake Fluid Maintenance & Imperial Sedans

[Mike Pittinaro <mechimike@xxxxxxxxx>]

> likely and will allow the fluid to leak. Having a
> dual reservoir m/c 
> should prevent total brake failure under this
> scenario. In fact, if 
> rear brakes are in top shape, loss of the front
> brake system may not be 
> obvious. This actually is a very dangerous thing

Actually, its just the opposite.  The front brakes,
particularly in a car with front disc brakes, do
80-90% of the stopping.  I have driven cars with both
no front brakes and no rear brakes, and driving with
no rears is almost imperceptible, while driving with
no fronts is pretty hair raising!

--Mike Pittinaro

'To Engineer' was never meant to signify poking around with a mouse on a Nintendo-on-steroids computer system.

'It's a shallow life that doesn't give a person a few scars' 
-- Garrison Keillor

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