Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:14:17 -0400 From: ma_twain <ma_twainnospamo.com> Subject: Re: Vibrations when (hand)braking
Johannes wrote: > > Pooh Bear wrote: > >>Wido van Krieken wrote: >> >> >>>When driving 80 km/hour and gently pulling the handbrake, severe vibrations >>>in the steering wheel occur. Is this normal? >>> >>If you pull it harder you might find the car 'going in the opposite direction' >>actually. >> >>DONT PULL THE HANDBRAKE IN MOTION unless you have a serious death wish. >> >>Graham >> > > Quite. I did that may years ago in a Ford Fiesta. And worse, the handbrake > locked in its position - of course, they usually do that. But I hadn't > thought of that and had only had microseconds to figure out what the f was > going on! > He did not say year/make/model car, if he did I missed it. I had a Fiesta and the parking brake is on the rear wheels. Turn the wheel, hit the gas and yank up on the parking brake = one tight turn! My next car as a 1985 Saab 900, parking brake on the front wheels - so no handbrake turns. I later got a 1990 900, with the handbrake on the rear wheels. This enabled me to practice J-turns again :-)
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