And especially unfortunate because your single pot M/C had been
overhauled
and was 'working' (i.e.: merely holding surplus brake fluid in it,
without leaking).
My car's single-pot failure occurred in 1981, shortly after I had
bought it, and after
it had been dead stored for years, and while not realizing that all
of the various fluid
levels should be checked periodically.
Unbeknownst to me (because I wasn't checking the brake fluid level)
was that a small
amount of fluid was being forced out, past the brake light switch
warning light's
threaded insertion (no teflon tape around it) into the M/C, every
time that the brake
was applied.
Neil Vedder
On 8/5/2014 8:57 AM, Jim wrote:
Or there's this.... You remove the single mc that has
worked fine for 50 years and ask your mechanic to install a
dual plus disk brakes cuz "you want to be safe". You get
the car back and it stops fine. 6 months later you are
driving on the freeway in the rain and traffic is stopped up
ahead. You put on the brakes and the new front flex hose
bursts because it was a little too short and positioned at
too sharp an angle and has already fatigued. But you still
have the rear brakes... but since you slam on the brakes
because they are barely stopping the car (without the fronts
you only have 20% braking capacity) the left rear locks up.
The car slides out of control on the wet pavement, you spin
across 3 lanes and into a gas tanker which bursts into
flames. Dozens of people flee in the ensuing panic, those
who don't die in the fire are run over, the tanker was under
a bridge, which weakened by the fire collapses cutting off
access to a home for the elderly. Two of the elderly, seeing
the melee, have heart attacks. They die because the
ambulance couldn't get to them because the bridge was burned
down by the tanker. If you'd still had the single MC on
none of this would have happened... now single masters don't
seem so bad!
Jim Delton
Here's a scenario... you have a perfectly
maintained single master brake system in your 57
Saratoga, while trying to tune in your restored AM
radio, you look up while driving and see its too
late! you just ran over an old guy crossing the
street!!! he flies of the top of the car but his
walker went under and folded and rolled, and
subsequently caught and tore out your rear
flexible hydraulic line! now you have no brakes
and proceed to broadside a bus full of illegal
immigrants, you go through the windshield upon
impact due to lack of belts, airbags, and brakes,
the bus flips, and all the passengers burn to
death, though one good event took place lightening
the burden on taxpayers, an old man, his walker,
your car, and bodily well being were compromised!
If you had a dual master, you may have still hit
the old guy, but not the bus... now single masters
don't seem so bad!
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From: Neil Vedder <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] RB 383 cam
LOL
(not)....if they failed, they were not
properly maintained, or overhauled, to prevent
such
failures from having occurred.
Neil Vedder
On
8/4/2014 4:37 PM, Ray Jones wrote:
The idea here is that
with Dual MC, you have 2 brake
systems. Not much trouble to
plumb, using the tubing and
components from a later year car,
it's a big safety upgrade.
And, yes, I have had
several MC's fail over the too
many years I've been driving these
old jewels.
You said you had a wheel
cylinder fail, giving you a brake
problem. With a dual system, you
would still have the other half to
get home on.
A total upgrade with
calipers and rotors on the front,
and better yet on the back also is
a real improvement and brings the
car up to highway cruising safety
standards.
Ray in Mena, AR
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