I hope everyone recognizes it's better to cool brakes by driving and not using them, then to just stop with very hot brakes.
On 9/13/2013 8:29 PM, Dave Mcneely wrote: > ---- Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote: >> I certainly didn't do it on purpose. In both cases when it happened I just didn't think it would, but there was never a place to get off the brakes and let them cool. Constant downgrade and suddenly overheated! > What gear were you in? Was there a place to stop? Maybe not, on some mountain roads there is no place to pull over. But in a low gear one is usually able to keep the speed down enough to rest the brakes sometimes. >> >> On Sep 13, 2013, at 3:54 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> ---- Mike Miller <mwmiller6@ATT.NET> wrote: >>>> Haven't had to gear down yet, but I haven't gone over those two roads again either >>> I don't have to be on brutally downhill roads to gear down and avoid excessive braking. I have never overheated brakes, and I don't intend to. mcneely >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________ > -- > David McNeely > |
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