Re: CAUTION ON THE USE OF SILICONE BKAKE FLUID IN ESAMATIC BRAKE SYSTEMS

Posted by PackardV8 On 2007/10/23 22:23:41

Peter packard wrote:
" Risk Management is the key to survival in any vehicle, old or ".

Precisely the point of my previous post. The spring is either broken or it is not. It either works or it does not work. It's called the law of "excluded middle". Kind of like On and Off. NOT kind of broken or sort of broken or somewhat broken. If it breaks there is NO, NONE , NOT ANY brakes whatsoever. There is NO forewarning!!! There is no recourse for pumping or slamming the pedal to achieve braking affect.

This is simply NOT true of the more convenventional piston and seal type cylinders wheather dual or single. If the seal becomes deficient then it tends to happen rather slowly by wearing at the sealing edge of the seal. USUALY the conventional type will (on FiRST WARNING) fail on a lite to moderate pedal pressure. When it goes to the floor the first reaction is to release and SLAM the pedal as hard as possible to the floor. This sudden and extreme act tends to expand the seal a little more allowing for adequate braking effect. OR a pumping action of the pedal.

Again, If the TV spring fails then there is NO brakes!!! NO RECOUrSE!!! NO WARNING!!!! NO NOTHING!!

I really do not know how to explain it any more plainly nor clearly than that.