Woven brake linings and Cast Iron drums

[robgross1930]

Originally Posted by Kevin in NJ

Could you please give references to prove what you have stated?

I am not saying you are wrong. I do not know for fact about some of what you have stated above.

What is the friction ratings of the linings? Where is this written?

What says the hydraulic brakes are applied harder then mechanicals in the same application?

Where does the idea that you need harder linings for hydraulic brakes vs mechanical brakes and how does it translate to the Model A/ V8 brakes?

Again, I am not trying to be a smartass or trying to disprove you. I do not know if what you said is true or false and want to see it for myself in reliable documentation.

What you say may seem to have intuitive sense, but I like to back up intuition with data. True data about the brakes system on the A has been difficult to find. I have bought some early manuals and other documentation in hopes of getting hard fact and have not found much about various brake issues that I have questions about in my mind.

Thanks

You obviously have no experience in tribology and its relation to industrial friction material. So I'll leave it at that.

[Kevin in NJ]

Originally Posted by robgross1930

You obviously have no experience in tribology and its relation to industrial friction material. So I'll leave it at that.

While I am not familiar with the study of Tribology I have an understanding of physics. There are quite a few sub-fields and that was not the field I followed.

Do you have useful information that you could share on the subject as it relates to the materials used in the Model A brakes both past and present?

Can you educate us? I am asking for information here, I seriously would like to see some fact based information that relates to the materials used in the Model A. This is exactly what I want to know.

Clearly we would need to see some graphs of the materials for todays materials and the ones Ford used.