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Old 11-24-2018, 09:09 AM   #37
ryanheacox
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Default Re: Brake Adjustment

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Originally Posted by Synchro909 View Post
Our Model A club ran a series of workshops ealier this year. When we did one on brakes, we also did a braking test on everyone's car. Mine were fine but one fellow's brakes were so bad, we refused to let him leave without doing what we could on the spot to improve them. Once he had seen what good brakes a Model A can have, he rebuilt his as soon as he got home. Now, he enjoys driving his A much more and more often.
The worse your brakes are, the earlier you will have to brake but on the other hand, the brakes on a Model A will never be like a modern car. My advice to any novice driver I speak to is understand that and drive accordingly.
I would have been right there with him before changing to cast iron drums. My brakes weren't just anti-lock, they were anti-stop.
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