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Subject:Re: Foot actuated parking brake
From:Mike Elliott
Date:Tue, 8 Apr 2008 15:11:42 -0700

On 4/8/2008 2:37 PM VW Doka wrote:

> Or you could keep it simple and use one of these:
>
> http://www.mooreparts.com/store/product/2769/AC611590/

I'm a little dim in the area of brakes and the wonderfulness of how they
work. So for this little hydraulic brake park lock thing, um, you step
on the brake pedal, push the plunger on the lock and it keeps the
pressure on the brake piston thingies or something?

If the mechanical pull lever is intended as a parking brake, the lock
could be cool. But if viewed as an e-brake, well, isn't it intended to
provide some kind of backup in case the hydraulic system sprang* a leak?

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* Is "sprang" a word? Sprung? Sprunged? Springed?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
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