woody2 Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 15 hours ago, doc.fixit said: ........................I totally agree, but, I was talking only about air brakes........just as an aside, all cars nowadays have dual master cylinders so if fluid is lost you don't lose all braking just that efficiency is impaired............it is most unlikely to result in total brake loss, plus, there is an emergency brake, hand or foot, to slow one down................. brake pipe split drains the reserve, few more pushes on the peddle will result in total brake loss...... the electronic handbrake on most cars are either on or off, try pulling it on at 60 mph in this situation....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 .......Oh Woody, I don't want to argue so this is my last post on this matter..................brake pipe leak drains HALF the reservoir so there is still half a braking system through the remaining good half of the DUAL system.................handbrakes are much less efficient than main brakes and even an electronic brake will not bring you to a shuddering, screaming halt............having seen hundreds of these things being tested I can tell you this is fact, so that's it, I'm not trying to convince anybody so you and them can believe what they prefer to believe, I feel relatively safe with the braking systems on my vehicles.........just a thought have you ever had a spring brake fire up? Pretty scary in an emergency............. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoymouse Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 4 hours ago, doc.fixit said: .......Oh Woody, I don't want to argue so this is my last post on this matter..................brake pipe leak drains HALF the reservoir so there is still half a braking system through the remaining good half of the DUAL system.................handbrakes are much less efficient than main brakes and even an electronic brake will not bring you to a shuddering, screaming halt............having seen hundreds of these things being tested I can tell you this is fact, so that's it, I'm not trying to convince anybody so you and them can believe what they prefer to believe, I feel relatively safe with the braking systems on my vehicles.........just a thought have you ever had a spring brake fire up? Pretty scary in an emergency............. I had total brake failure on a van after a rear brake line flexi hose burst, is this half reservoir a new thing? I had to use the handbrake/gears for the rest of the journey, van was built in 2002. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Evenin' all. It has been brought to our attention that you drove a vehicle on public roads without brakes. Would you like to accompany me the Police Station. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 I think it’s a safe bet to say that there was nothing wrong with the bus All this bollocks about brakes just detracts from the obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linz Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 5 minutes ago, dilligaf said: I think it’s a safe bet to say that there was nothing wrong with the bus All this bollocks about brakes just detracts from the obvious What is the obvious? A random act of god who hates Ian Longworth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbie Bobster Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 2 minutes ago, Linz said: What is the obvious? A random act of god who hates Ian Longworth? What does God need with a bus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 29 minutes ago, Linz said: What is the obvious? A random act of god who hates Ian Longworth? What the f@@@ has it got to do with “god” ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 43 minutes ago, dilligaf said: What the f@@@ has it got to do with “god” ? You've gone a bit astray here Dilli, Kopek was (I think) referring to the chap driving the van with no brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, finlo said: 53 minutes ago, dilligaf said: What the f@@@ has it got to do with “god” ? You've gone a bit astray here Dilli, Kopek was (I think) referring to the chap driving the van with no brakes. I was not responding to kopeks post. It was a response to Linz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 17 minutes ago, dilligaf said: I was not responding to kopeks post. It was a response to Linz Look back a couple of posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 Sorry, but you've lost me there. I know who I was replying to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 17 minutes ago, dilligaf said: Sorry, but you've lost me there. I know who I was replying to. Yes but their comment was in reply to your comment which you picked up wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dilligaf Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 2 hours ago, dilligaf said: I think it’s a safe bet to say that there was nothing wrong with the bus All this bollocks about brakes just detracts from the obvious 1 hour ago, Linz said: What is the obvious? A random act of god who hates Ian Longworth? 1 hour ago, dilligaf said: What the f@@@ has it got to do with “god” ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 2, 2018 Share Posted August 2, 2018 18 minutes ago, dilligaf said: Help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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