Re: NEAR DOUBLE DAK ACCIDENT

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Wed Jun 28 2000 - 21:59:36 EDT

I guess it's just random weirdness then. This is probably brake fade
I'm feeling, but I'm not really sure - and when it happens first thing
in the morning...

I'm a little paranoid about brakes because my brother's '94 Jimmy ripped
a front CV joint boot last September (road debris bounced up and cut
it), spraying grease all over the rotor, and sending his truck into
another truck's bumper when the brakes failed (grease is slippery? news
to me! :)).

I was hoping that damn computer at work was the only temperamental
machine in my life.

fawcett@uism.bu.edu wrote:
>
> Andy,
>
> Not that I recall. I've noticed my 98's have been prone to brake fade (I think
> that's what they call it) but only when they get hot. Never real bad but it
> can be a bit disconcerting. All in all I think they are fine but I get these
> quirky problems. For instance, 2-3 weeks ago I wrote about my truck pulling to
> the right under braking. I was all set to start pulling wheels off and
> checking stuff and all of a sudden it stopped doing it?! I also get squeaks
> and squeals every now and again but nothing consistent... If I didn't know any
> better, I'd say my brakes were alive and some days they have good days and some
> days they have bad days! ;^>
> Tom
>
> ______________________________ Reply Separator _________________________________
> Subject: Re: DML: NEAR DOUBLE DAK ACCIDENT
> Author: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net> at smtpout
> Date: 6/28/00 6:09 PM
>
> Tom, do you ever have times where it feels like your brakes are slipping?
> Every so often, my front brakes will feel like they're not grabbing very well.
> Not completely slipping, but enough to feel like I won't stop in time. It's a
> '99, and happens at any time (so I know it's not heat - can happen first thing
> in the morning). 

-- 
-andy

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