RE: [DMCForum] Re: New Handbrake Controversy

["timnagin" <timnagin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It pangs me to say this but I have to agree with Jim here.  I haven't
listened to their program very much but the times I have I really wondered
from which orifice they pull those morsels of information.

If your accelerator, not gas, pedal sticks, most of the time you can
merely
slide your foot underneath and pull it up.  When you turn the key off to
kill the engine you won't lose your power brakes immediately.

I would love to see an insurance agency pay for a new engine that blew
because you turned the key off.  Hell, you better use a telephone pole to
stop the vehicle if you want that.

If the car is an automatic, and even most manual transmissions as well,
you
can not lock the steering wheel by simply turning off the key.

Greg


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland [mailto:ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 6:24 PM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DMCForum] Re: New Handbrake Controversy


Column should be renamed "Wrong & Wronger".  Why would someone print
that?

I think parking brakes are adjustable because they're not exactly the
same length.  I think the Delorean parking brake is adjustable because
you need to adjust it after you bend the handle's bracket.

Jim


On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 18:22:08 -0000 "content22207"
<brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Refer to syndicated "Click & Clack" column of 11/22/03, which stated
> same...
>
> Never stated handbrake was hydraulic BTW. Please read post more
> carefully before breaking out lighter...
>
> Note to Martin G: Have replaced plenty of stretched parking brake
> cables. Why do you think they're adjustable? Eventually reach end of
> adjustment mechanism (contemporary American domestics usually used
> threaded rod at yoke that joins rear wheels).
>
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
>
> >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx> wrote:
> > Bill,
> > I've never driven a car before that will *not* lock up the wheels,
>
> > which is why I'm disappointed with the performance of my DeLorean
> > handbrake. I don't know what you mean when you say that no car
> will
> > do this, even my piece of shit escort does this no problem.
> > Also, The DeLorean handbrake is not hydraulic, it is cable.
> > Even if it was hydraulic as used in all modern rally cars, it
> would
> > still lock up the rear wheels, so they can do handbrake turns on
> > tight circuits.
> >
> > John
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > No marque's *PARKING* brake will do that. That's why brakes
> > activated
> > > with hydraulic fluid (Ford was last mechanical brake -- with
> rods --
> > > in the 1930's). Momentum of vehicle will simply stretch cable.
> > >
> > > Ever noticed is possible to accidentally start off (difficultly)
>
> > with
> > > a parking brake engaged? And that's from a total standstill.
> > >
> > > Bill Robertson
> > > #5939
> > >
> > > >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > > > Hey lads,
> > > > Just wondering how good the delorean handbrake is meant to be?
>
> > Mine
> > > > will easily hold the car on a hill, but is not good enough to
> > lock
> > > > the back wheels if pulled up while driving (and in neutral).
> Not
> > that
> > > > I would do this while driving on the highway or anything, but
> > still I
> > > > would expect that if I ever did need to pull it up it would
> lock
> > the
> > > > rear wheels. Anyone's good enough to do that? What should I
> look
> > at
> > > > on mine to fix this, the pads seem fine...
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John



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