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Date:         Thu, 10 Jan 2002 11:13:39 -0400
Reply-To:     Malcolm Stebbins <MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Malcolm Stebbins <MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA>
Organization: Mount Saint Vincent University
Subject:      Re: A Snow Story (Whoa-vanagon!!!) and Lessons Learned
In-Reply-To:  <166.6e9aee6.296f078d@aol.com>
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I didn't mean to imply " jacking on the emergency brake". What I meant (and I admit that I was not clear) was to hold the button IN! on the e-brake lever, and apply the rear brakes ONLY and then let off the parking brake. Just a thought. Malcolm

On 10 Jan 2002 at 10:04, Rico Sapolich wrote:

> In a message dated 1/10/02 9:48:22 AM, > MSTEBBIN@MSVU1.MSVU.CA writes: > > << I was musing the other day about what would > happen IF!, when going downhill, and the rear of the van > skidding out to the side -- What would happen if the driver > were to apply the parking brake - either a lot or a little. > Seems to me that the resulting drag (from applying the > parking brake) >> > > When the ass-end is sliding, the wheels have already stopped > turning, so, other than eliminating any possibility of > recovering from the slide, jacking on the emergency brake > would only be an exercise in futility. > > Rich


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