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Cable brakes were a bastard to adjust and get balanced though.
Have you driven using 'fiddle brakes' thems a bastid to get used to
bleeding rear caliper
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Have you driven using 'fiddle brakes' thems a bastid to get used to
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Have you driven using 'fiddle brakes' thems a bastid to get used to
They are the things they use on trials cars. Tanks use a similar steering system strange as it may seem.
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They are the things they use on trials cars. Tanks use a similar steering system strange as it may seem.
I've driven a Challenger 1 - sitting on an ammo box- spam tins tied to my boots - for a bet ... 100yds turn it round ... drive back ... what a hoot
easier than a trailer - cos it's yer feet ... a trailer you use yer hands and brain ... together ... quickly ... bonkers ... couldn't get the hang of it at all
tap head-rub tummy
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you didn't read did you. new cars have dot 5. never said they were interchange able or compatible.
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I've driven a Challenger 1 - sitting on an ammo box- spam tins tied to my boots - for a bet ... 100yds turn it round ... drive back ... what a hoot
easier than a trailer - cos it's yer feet ... a trailer you use yer hands and brain ... together ... quickly ... bonkers ... couldn't get the hang of it at all
tap head-rub tummy
id imagine its easier than using stick and clutch to turn as on old crawlers or independent brakes and timing hydraulic lift of implement to lift front wheels and turn 180 on one tyre, with 2wd tractors especially when part of the turn front wheels pass over a ditch
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you didn't read did you. new cars have dot 5. never said they were interchange able or compatible.
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found this google
Some manufacturers still recommend changing brake fluid every two years, some have moved to three- or five-year intervals, and others, as youve noticed, have removed the recommendation for periodic flushing and refilling from their maintenance schedules.
How often should brake fluid be changed? - The Globe and Mail
The implication was there ... for a novice ...
you didn't read did you. new cars have dot 5. never said they were interchange able or compatible.
You implied and are now backtracking
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I've driven a Challenger 1 - sitting on an ammo box- spam tins tied to my boots - for a bet ... 100yds turn it round ... drive back ... what a hoot
easier than a trailer - cos it's yer feet ... a trailer you use yer hands and brain ... together ... quickly ... bonkers ... couldn't get the hang of it at all
tap head-rub tummy
Lots of things use that system. JCBs can stop one rear wheel to skid round in a tight turn. Feet or hands basically same principal. Fiddle brakes in trial cars are used to enhance the steering though as apposed to actual steering as in tracked vehicles. All good stuff.
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Lots of things use that system. JCBs can stop one rear wheel to skid round in a tight turn. Feet or hands basically same principal. Fiddle brakes in trial cars are used to enhance the steering though as apposed to actual steering as in tracked vehicles. All good stuff.
My step-Dad was a demonstrator driver for JCB back in the 60s ...
6s 6d an hour ... top job
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My step-Dad was a demonstrator driver for JCB back in the 60s ...
6s 6d an hour ... top job
Bloody hell that's almost £15.00 a week for 44 hrs.
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Well, on a whim I flushed my brake fluid this evening. Just about all bleed screws torqued up to about 500 Nm. Never seen black fluid before!
The brakes weren't bad before but what a difference! I reckon the missus will return with a flat nose tomorrow!
The brakes weren't bad before but what a difference! I reckon the missus will return with a flat nose tomorrow!
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Great, that is how it should be ...
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