Re: Bendix Treadle Vac Study- Serioius Business!!

Posted by Craig Hendrickson On 2011/6/6 17:03:31

Maybe everyone who had at least one BTV catastrophic failure threw theirs away when they replaced it with a modern dual power unit. That's what I did. If so, that explains why no one has come forth to your request.

As to whether the failure should be attributed to a design or rebuild flaw: it hardly matters at the instant when one has NO BRAKES. A new modern unit has no such possibilities.

Now that HH56 has designed a levered pedal arrangement which keeps the pedal pad in essentially the stock position and looks stock from the interior, there are no more excuses for keeping the "failure-prone" 55-yo BTV.

JMO,

Craig