Because they have return springs! Disc pads = no return springs. the 'pressure hold' on drum brakes just takes up the slack - it's effectively a 'self adjust' mechanism. But it leaks off during a long stop - so the first stroke of the brake pedal after a long stop can often be quite 'long'!
People are taking this seriously just to wind me up right?
Kindof reverse psychology.
You lot are so unfair.
I'm going to throw myself in front of a standard braked car.
Older and more confused than I could ever imagine possible.
I had the misfortune to have to avoid a truck and trailer who must have decided that I wasn't really there. I was doing 100 kph, on a dry road, and found out that the brakes will lock up at that speed. All this with 8" drums. I just would not want to try it again too soon after.
Peetee wrote:Fit one front wheel with a Wolseley drum and the other with a disc brake. Brake hard.
Whichever way the car pulls tells you which brakes are better.
Simples!
I dont think the tablets are working any longer Peetee
Cheers
Kevin
Lovejoy 1968 Smoke Grey Traveller (gone to a new home after13 years)
Peetee wrote:People are taking this seriously just to wind me up right?
Kindof reverse psychology.
You lot are so unfair.
I'm going to throw myself in front of a standard braked car.
Definitely - the Wolsley 1300 had the same absolutely useless disc brakes as the rest of the 1100/1300 range of cars! The front wheel bearings were very weak (penny pinching ball bearings when should have been taper rollers) - and the calipers seized up in no time. Mind you - the pads are the same ones used in my TR7!
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