From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jul 14 2004 - 09:14:40 PDT
At 12:06 PM -0400 7/14/04, Bjorn Brandstedt wrote:
>I vaguely remember reading about brakelocks (like Meeco(?) on
>wreckers) and how they were used to disable the front wheel brakes
>during slippery conditions. This goes way back to the 1930's before
>anti brakelock systems were invented.
>Anybody have any knowledge about this?
The manuals that talk about this (CDL Books in fact) state that this
type of system modulated the front brakes to a reduced amount. It has
however been found to be un-necessary and that it is no replacement
for proper tire inflation and proper brake application by the driver.
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