ABS Brakes

[George M. Dailey]

This is what Consumer reports said. Summary: They have all the things you
hate in electronic antilock brake systems, except they are in no way as
effective as standard brakes. As a matter of fact, they stated that once
adjusted for a given road condition, they will be wrong for any other
different road condition. True snake oil for the 1990's
GMD

At 01:17 AM 2/21/97 GMT, you wrote:
>In your message dated Thursday 20, February 1997 you wrote :
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>> My problem is I don't remember the name... but they are completely mechanical
>> (or hydraulic) in nature.  I went through some mags last night and didn't
>> find it... will keep looking.  Only 209 more mags to go <G>
>Looks like a machined and anodised canister (pretty ridges)? If so, stay away 
>from them, they were tested in a UK mag a while ago and they got slated.
>They appear to be a reservoir of gas with a diaphragm separating the brake 
>fluid, push on the brake pedal and the diaphragm compresses the gas, giving
you 
>a softer pedal.
> Basically they stop you locking the wheels by making it impossible to apply 
>enough hydraulic pressure to lock them, kind of like a damper for your brakes. 
>The mag found that they added considerably to braking distances compared to 
>standard, (think it was Fast Car  but ICBW), the owner of the test car
hated it 
>and junked the system after a couple of days.
>
>> Frederic Breitwieser
>> http://members.aol.com/fjb203/
>> 
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