Re: BRAKES: Easamatic Power Brakes aka Bendix Treadle-Vac

Posted by Owen_Dyneto On 2009/5/16 8:40:52

This has become ridiculous. The single cylinder is just as safe as the dual. OR the dual is so marginal in its 'extra safety" claim so as to be neglegible.

PV8, I couldn't agree more. And perhaps you'd agree that dual steering systems aren't needed either? As others on this site have no doubt done as well, I've driven hundreds of thousands of miles with single-master cylinder cars and never had a failure. Never had a friend that had a failure. Never had a failure with 1/2 of a dual system. Of course anything mechanical can fail, but I'd bet that those failures that did occur were with poorly or non-maintained cars.

In any case, to each his own...