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Old 02-09-2015, 08:37 PM   #31
Purdy Swoft
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Default Re: Hydraulic Brakes

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Originally Posted by mshmodela View Post
Tires and drums would break the same given the same amount of force applied to them hydraulic or mechanical system. Force is force, if hydraulics applies more force than a mechanical system one might reason hydraulics would break better but there has to be some force limit where no extra force upon the breaks will do any good.

I agree, when the wheel locks, it would make no difference even if more pressure could be applied.
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