"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
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On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 16:17:13 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

(oh, can I be fecking bothered....)

And rear wheel drive was still more common than FWD, this meant that
rear brake shoes wore out

So RWD puts more braking force on the rear than FWD ?

as most brake systems didn't use any form on
limiting device on the rear hydraulics.

Braking force depends on the cylinder size and rear cylinders have
commonly been smaller than front cylinders since back in the '50s. If
you did have equal braking balance you'd spin as the back end locked
up.

Secondly, hydraulic limiting has been common since the early '60s.
Minis had a fixed sprung-piston balance valve limiting pressure to the
rear axle. My Fiat 124 (a '64 design) went a step further and had a
similar valve controlled by the back axle position - as weight shifted
forward and the rear axle went light, it reduced rear braking force to
avoid locking the wheels up.


Total bollox, asbestos has been removed from brake shoes / pads for
almost as long as linings haven't been fitted by most main stream
garages.

So what ? The regulations are there because they're there, not
because asbestos is necessarily there. Besides which, the likelihood
of encountering asbestos in the old shoes remained appreciable for a
very long time after new pads had ditched asbestos. Even today there
are still people driving Beetles with asbestos shoes in them.

Andy, sorry to say this, but I love you :-))))))))))

Mary

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Geoffrey" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:57:03 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Jeff" wrote in message
m...

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
Jeff wrote:

BTDTGTTS = ?

Been There, Done That, Got The Tee Shirt

LOL , too many MLA's

?

Mary


TLA - Three Letter Acronym
MLA - Multi Letter Acronym

Ah, thank you.

I'll try to remembe ... er ... I think I've already said that.

OK, I'll start a new list of Things To Remember in - um - I know I started
one somewhere ...

Might madam find this any use ?

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

--
geoff

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:35:08 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

Andy, sorry to say this, but I love you :-))))))))))

puts on best Austin Powers voice

Oh be-have! 8-)

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:35:08 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

Andy, sorry to say this, but I love you :-))))))))))

puts on best Austin Powers voice

Oh be-have! 8-)

I suspect that you know you've got me there.

Austin Powers???

Is that a new BMC marque?

Mary

"raden" wrote in message
...

OK, I'll start a new list of Things To Remember in - um - I know I started
one somewhere ...

Might madam find this any use ?

http://www.acronymfinder.com/

Doubt it. I did look, it was garish and needed feeding. But thanks.
No, my own list is good. I'm more* likely to remember to go to it. My
Favourites folder is jam packed, I keep going there and finding such
interesting things that I decide that they're worth saving for future
reference ...

Doh!

Mary
*everything's relative

--
geoff

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
.. .
On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 16:17:13 +0100, ":::Jerry::::"
wrote:

(oh, can I be fecking bothered....)

And rear wheel drive was still more common than FWD, this meant that
rear brake shoes wore out

So RWD puts more braking force on the rear than FWD ?

as most brake systems didn't use any form on
limiting device on the rear hydraulics.

Braking force depends on the cylinder size and rear cylinders have
commonly been smaller than front cylinders since back in the '50s. If
you did have equal braking balance you'd spin as the back end locked
up.

Secondly, hydraulic limiting has been common since the early '60s.
Minis had a fixed sprung-piston balance valve limiting pressure to the
rear axle. My Fiat 124 (a '64 design) went a step further and had a
similar valve controlled by the back axle position - as weight shifted
forward and the rear axle went light, it reduced rear braking force to
avoid locking the wheels up.


Total bollox, asbestos has been removed from brake shoes / pads for
almost as long as linings haven't been fitted by most main stream
garages.

So what ? The regulations are there because they're there, not
because asbestos is necessarily there. Besides which, the likelihood
of encountering asbestos in the old shoes remained appreciable for a
very long time after new pads had ditched asbestos. Even today there
are still people driving Beetles with asbestos shoes in them.

Andy, sorry to say this, but I love you :-))))))))))

Enough to have his babies ?

--
geoff

In message , Mary
Fisher writes

"Andy Dingley" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 20:35:08 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:

Andy, sorry to say this, but I love you :-))))))))))

puts on best Austin Powers voice

Oh be-have! 8-)

I suspect that you know you've got me there.

Austin Powers???

Is that a new BMC marque?

No, it's a Canadian import

--
geoff

On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 15:04:45 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

TLA - Three Letter Acronym
MLA - Multi Letter Acronym

ETLA, Extended Three Letter Acronym.

Extended or Enhanced?

--
Cheers
Dave. pam is missing e-mail

"raden" wrote in message
...

Andy, sorry to say this, but I love you :-))))))))))

Enough to have his babies ?

No, I was faithful to Spouse. He claimed the tax relief on our litter.

But Andy has some qualities even Spouse doesn't, such as authoritatively
putting down certain people :-)

Mary

Geoffrey wrote:
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:57:03 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
Jeff wrote:

BTDTGTTS = ?

Been There, Done That, Got The Tee Shirt

LOL , too many MLA's

?

Mary


TLA - Three Letter Acronym
MLA - Multi Letter Acronym

Strictyly speaking they're Abbreviations, not Acronyms. The latter
requires it to be a word which TLA and MLA are arguably not. ;-)

Mathew

Geoffrey wrote:
On Sun, 3 Apr 2005 13:57:03 +0100, "Mary Fisher"
wrote:


"Jeff" wrote in message
. ..

"John Rumm" wrote in message
...
Jeff wrote:

BTDTGTTS = ?

Been There, Done That, Got The Tee Shirt

LOL , too many MLA's

?

Mary


TLA - Three Letter Acronym
MLA - Multi Letter Acronym

Strictly speaking they're Abbreviations, not Acronyms. The latter
requires it to be a word which TLA and MLA are arguably not. ;-)

Mathew

Mathew J. Newton wrote :-
Jeff wrote:

BTDTGTTS = ?

Been There, Done That, Got The Tee Shirt

LOL , too many MLA's

?

Mary


TLA - Three Letter Acronym
MLA - Multi Letter Acronym

Strictly speaking they're Abbreviations, not Acronyms. The latter
requires it to be a word which TLA and MLA are arguably not. ;-)

Mathew

Actually, really strictly speaking they're Initialisms
Acronym = NATO
Abbreviation = etc
Initialism = TLA

Regards Jeff