"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

--
"An abstract noun," the teacher said, "is something you can think of, but
you can't touch it. Can you give me an example of one?"
"Sure," a teenage boy replied. "My mother's pussy."


Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

--
How many potheads does it take to change a light bulb?
Two. One to hold the bulb against the socket, and the other to smoke up until the room starts spinning.

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

--
A man's home is his castle, in a manor of speaking.

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.
To be 100% correct, they are called a "parking brake" as they can be
foot operated, hand operated, or even electrically operated.

On Sat, 23 May 2015 17:12:31 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

The DART and the A-Train don't have 'em. You can signal the security
people and *they* might stop the train. I don't think a passenger can
stop a train anymore.

Jones

On Sat, 23 May 2015 23:12:31 +0100, The Stumpster wrote:

On 5/23/2015 4:54 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:30:38 +0100, The Stumpster
wrote:

On 5/23/2015 1:59 PM, Tough Guy no. 1265 wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you
can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old)
mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is
there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what
Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.


it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

perhaps, good sir, you call them 'hand brakes' do the kids over there
like to pull the emergency in one of the rear passenger cars and throw
the whole train into 'emergency stop'? they sure like to get the grids
smoking on the NYC subway system. possibly the newer revenue cars
have somthing to protect them from the lil 2 legged *******s.

How often do people use the handbrake in an emergency?

--
The problem with today's society is adults are treated like children, children are treated like retards, and retards are exempt from the law.

On Sat, 23 May 2015 22:54:57 +0100, in alt.war.vietnam "Tough Guy no.
1265" wrote:

What is an "emergency brake"? We only have those on trains.

It's a brake you use in emergencys.

Jones

On Sat, 23 May 2015 16:30:38 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

I once had a VW micro bus (yes, I was a hippy) and I split the parking
brake to where I could brake a single wheel. It's kind of a poor
man's 4-wheel drive.

Jones

On 5/23/2015 7:46 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 23 May 2015 16:30:38 -0500, in alt.war.vietnam The Stumpster
wrote:

it's far easier to put an emergency brake on a drum system so the non
drive wheels in the rear and my truck has drum brakes on the rear...I
know that chevy seemed to have a minidrumbrake on the center of the rear
rotors on the fancy 4 wh disc jobberdos...and hey, we ain't got round
corners so we don't need cars that can go round a corner

I once had a VW micro bus (yes, I was a hippy) and I split the parking
brake to where I could brake a single wheel. It's kind of a poor
man's 4-wheel drive.

Jones

twas an ol dune buggy trick....allowed ya to defeat the differential if
you had one wheel up in da air. great fun for donuts as well

--
Phony PhDs need love too...someone's got to stir the ****
˜º

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

--
What did God say when he made the first black man? "Damn, I burnt one."

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling. I've had them
actually lock up the rear wheels while moving.

On Sun, 24 May 2015 17:56:35 +0100, dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:

"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.
Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.

A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling. I've had them
actually lock up the rear wheels while moving.

Funny how I've never had one that powerful, even after an MOT has fixed it. Probably has to be brand new cable, and brand new drums/disks/whatever at the back.

--
You can listen to thunder after lightning to tell how close you came to getting hit. If you don't hear it never mind.

dino wrote:

In article , Tough Guy no. 1265 says...

On Sun, 24 May 2015 00:14:21 +0100, wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, "Tough Guy no. 1265"
wrote:


On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:40:52 +0100, Col. Edmund Burke
wrote:


"Tough Guy no. 1265" wrote in message
news
I thought drum brakes were stopped decades ago, most cars where you can see
the brakes have disks all round. But I saw a few modern (4 year old) mid
range cars with what I assume is a drum brake at the back. Or is there
something else nowadays?

Cars on the Tiny Island Nation (of buck-toothed rascals) are what Americans
used to drive in the 1920s.
LOL

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

Still a fair number of front disk/rear drum vehicles being turned
out. The rear brakes do very little of the braking in normal use, so
high temperature brake fade is not a big issue on the rear - and drum
parking brakes are just SO much easier to make work properly

Except they don't. A brake operated by a cable on a vehicle
as heavy as a car is simply pointless. I always have to park
in gear to stop it rolling down a hill.


A properly adjusted parking brake should stop a car from rolling.

Everyone knows that. And most everyone in hilly areas know to
park with extra safety precautions...because, as you obviously
don't grasp, parking brakes are not always properly adjusted...moron.
;-)

On Sat, 23 May 2015 19:59:37 +0100, in alt.war.vietnam "Tough Guy no.
1265" wrote:

Americans still can't make a car that goes round corners.

Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat. You'll never
see disk brakes on a truck... I mean a *real* truck meant for hauling
tonnage.

We *can* build a quality product in the US; we've just gotten lazy.

Jones

On 05/23/2015 06:43 PM, wrote:
Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat. You'll never
see disk brakes on a truck... I mean a*real* truck meant for hauling
tonnage.

http://www.truckinginfo.com/article/...-vs-discs.aspx

"rbowman" wrote in message
...
On 05/23/2015 06:43 PM, wrote:
Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat. You'll never
see disk brakes on a truck... I mean a*real* truck meant for hauling
tonnage.

You mean like yer wife's fat ass?
LOL

In article , ¡Jones says...


Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat.

I disagree.

dino wrote:

In article , ¡Jones says...


Drum brakes perform better under heavy loads and long hills than disk
brakes because they are better able to dissipate heat.


I disagree.


Son, jones is a self-admitted troll and you've just been trolled...sucker.
;-)

On 24 May 2015 09:24:20 -0700, in alt.war.vietnam dino
wrote:

I disagree.

My *EYES*!!!