Having done 4-wheel drums, and 3 disks (two front, one rear) on a bike ...

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Post #422,314 by drook 1/22/18 12:35:45 AM 1/22/18 12:35:45 AM Reply	Having done 4-wheel drums, and 3 disks (two front, one rear) on a bike ... I just can't get my head around the difference in complexity. The bike took literally 15 minutes to put new pads on all three disks. The car -- which was old enough to have drums front and rear -- good lord, that was a two-man job that took most of an afternoon, what with the bleeding and the springs and ... yeah, what you said. I can't think of any (even theoretical) advantage of drums that would make up for that. -- Drew
Post #422,315 by static 1/22/18 4:11:37 AM 1/22/18 4:13:05 AM Reply	Wikipedia has a list of advantages. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_brake#Advantages Physical complexity is one of the Disadvantages. However, that they work better for parking brakes over discs is a big Advantage. Wade. Edited by static Jan. 22, 2018, 04:13:05 AM EST Expand All History
Post #422,316 by drook 1/22/18 9:33:54 AM 1/22/18 9:33:54 AM Reply	Wikipedia constantly amazes me -- Drew

Brand badges don't mean much these days. - (Another Scott) - (27) - Jan. 21, 2018, 11:11:37 AM EST

I dont shop cars by brand anymore - (boxley) - (6) - Jan. 21, 2018, 03:10:36 PM EST

My list - (drook) - (5) - Jan. 21, 2018, 05:02:10 PM EST

Ulp.. - (Ashton) - (3) - Jan. 21, 2018, 09:24:07 PM EST

I haven't paid much attention. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2018, 09:38:11 PM EST

I had a Pontiac Grand Prix once ... - (drook) - Jan. 21, 2018, 09:45:26 PM EST

I'll look into that, thanks for the tip - (drook) - Jan. 21, 2018, 09:46:45 PM EST

Re: My list - (pwhysall) - May 4, 2019, 02:50:27 AM EDT

Been happening for a long time. - (static) - (1) - Jan. 21, 2018, 04:04:28 PM EST

Yabut.. at least TTAC lends gravitas to the unravelling, eh? :-þ - (Ashton) - (11) - Jan. 21, 2018, 04:08:42 PM EST

Nice. - (Another Scott) - (10) - Jan. 21, 2018, 09:42:19 PM EST

re "rear drums", as seems to come up in auto-porn, often - (Ashton) - (9) - Jan. 21, 2018, 10:33:07 PM EST

I know about the long-gone "joys" of brake jobs, too! - (Another Scott) - (8) - Jan. 21, 2018, 11:21:04 PM EST

Having done 4-wheel drums, and 3 disks (two front, one rear) on a bike ... - (drook) - (2) - Jan. 22, 2018, 12:35:45 AM EST

Wikipedia has a list of advantages. - (static) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2018, 04:13:05 AM EST

Wikipedia constantly amazes me -NT - (drook) - Jan. 22, 2018, 09:33:54 AM EST

As to mfg. 'strategies': - (Ashton) - (4) - Jan. 22, 2018, 03:48:04 PM EST

I didn't realize until recently that the front brakes do much more work. - (static) - (1) - Jan. 22, 2018, 10:43:01 PM EST

Oh yess.. - (Ashton) - Jan. 23, 2018, 12:04:56 AM EST

Engineered to not lock the wheels - (scoenye) - Jan. 23, 2018, 06:32:24 PM EST

Possible handling advantages are probably secondary... - (CRConrad) - May 3, 2019, 07:51:54 AM EDT

That's nothing. Behold the Aston-Martin Cygnet: - (CRConrad) - (5) - May 3, 2019, 07:52:28 AM EDT

I've seen one of those in real life, parked in our neighborhood. - (Another Scott) - May 3, 2019, 07:58:59 AM EDT

Wonder what Q branch could do with one of those?... -NT - (scoenye) - May 3, 2019, 07:17:59 PM EDT

That was mad as a box of frogs. - (pwhysall) - May 4, 2019, 02:45:30 AM EDT

Now see the [only..] one with a V-8 - (Ashton) - (1) - May 12, 2019, 04:15:54 PM EDT

Guess that answers my Q branch question - (scoenye) - May 13, 2019, 06:15:14 PM EDT

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