Re: brakes and lonnnng downhills

[adamnelson@juno.com]

No, this is one of the redeeming values of the close ratio box on the
4000S its that you have great decending gears. Have you considered the
calipers hanging up? I have heard of the caliper pins freezing and
wearing one pad down to the metal.


On Wed, 07 Oct 1998 19:04:19 GMT eyvind.spangen@ha-nett.no (Eyvind
Spangen) writes:
>On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 13:32:47 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>_What's_ a "good way to get killed", Dan? Of course I was in low gear 
>and
>>using the brakes just when needed. That turns out to be most (>>50%) 
>of the
>>time when you're in a fully loaded car, behind a shuttle bus doing 20 
>mph.
>>Maybe you've not descended Mt. Washington in 2+ tons of Audi. And I 
>stated
>>that the brakes never heated enough to cause significant fade. In 
>fact the
>>front wheels were "cool" enough to touch them without scorching my 
>hand.
>>The rears, however, were at that "very uncomfortable" level of temp.
>
>Often while going down a hill at about 30 mph, 2nd gear is too low
>while 3rd are too high. Anyone else agree? How are this case with
>automatic trasmission?
>
>ES
>

Adam Nelson '85 4000S, Blaupunkt cassette, Starbucks go cup, '69 Beetle,
1 piece
windows, hand held fan, '91 Vanagon, KYB Gas a Just, bug screens.
Columbus, Ohio
adamnelson@juno.com

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