This is all to true. Tons of engineering goes into balancing a vehicle braking front to rear. Weight is very important also. In the Golf/Jetta line there is a mechanical proportioning valve that adjusts pressure to the rear brakes depending on the load. Messing with this taking your life in your hands. rpc wrote: >In respect to balance between front and rear brakes, the front does the brunt of the work in any vehicle. It is unbalanced, learned this riding motorcycles. > Chris C 90mv > >Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@MAC.COM> wrote: > I suspect sales in SA were higher than several hundred... > >On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:09 AM, Sam Walters wrote: > > > >>FWIW, there probably are at least several hundred Vanagons on the road >>now with 15" front disc brakes and stock rear brakes. I don't >>remember >>any discussion of this creating any problems for any one. >> >> > > > > |
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