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Old 08-07-2017, 07:15 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by slowmover View Post
Drum brakes go out of adjustment so quickly as to make it a monthly chore on a 12k annual
Mile vehicle.

And they're worthless in the wet.

So, unbalanced braking both front to rear plus side to side and worthless in rain.

THEN that they aren't capable of high speed stops.

Drum brakes are the tech equivalent of points ignition and bias ply tires. Obsolete. And for good reasons.

And there's nothing hard about servicing discs.

We ran disc equipped trailers and tractors in the oilfield. "Rural" doesn't describe where we had to go.

There is no substitute for stopping power.

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That's odd. I've experienced none of that.
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