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> Subject: Re: [T3] Brakes on my '66 Square > > > On 10 Jun 2001, at 23:41, Ginger D.&Peter P. wrote: > > > Not true. I've had the opportunity to bring my old GTI to > a stop with the > > E-brake. E is for emergency, the master cylinder had a > catastrophic failure > > while exiting the freeway. Back in my foolish youth. I > had several friends in > > the car, and we were squeezing between cars into the right > lane to exit, when > > "pop", no pedal and the dash light was on. > > Depending on which circuit failed, you probably had more less > brakes left after the failure. With a tandem MC the stroke becomes > longer and this often makes people think they have no brakes when > in reality there really is something left. > > Do you know what actually popped? Such a failure (pop!) really > doesn't sound like a MC failure; more like a hose or steel line. > > Remember Jim, The GTI brakes are set up different than ours. Their dual circuit is diagonal rather than front to rear. Yes, there would be some loss of pedal. They also have a type of anti-lock on the rear brakes. If the rear seat was loaded, than a larger portion of the braking force would be going to the rear wheels. Russ Wolfe russ_wolfe@MAHLEParr.com Mahle Parr Filter Systems 505 E. Madison Winterset, IA 50273 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/