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Default Are these car brakes worn?

The Natural Philosopher wrote:
Andy Champ wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

If you get .5G then the weight will transfer to the front and the
rear wheels will lock, then the weight will transfer back.
This will repeat at some frequency dependent on the car.


Not if the car has shock absorbers.

Which of course all legal cars do.

Andy

well strictly not as MUCH if the car has shock absorbers. There are few
cars that are overdamped. Theres always a bit of 'overshoot and ring'


I'll be amazed if you can trigger it just by pulling the handbrake. It
would require a very large polar moment. I've only ever once felt it
getting out of hand on a bumpy road.

Andy