Agree with that Jerry, hydraulic pressure should be the same at
all points in the system when the pedal is applied. Something
is restricting the pressure, air in the line, some component
binding up, contamination on a shoe or uneven contact surface
area would be the only things that would cause it to pull to
one side.
We talked about stopping distance for a Huck brake in a
panic stop a while back. Well....I was a very bad boy on
Monday. Was coming back from a trip down south doing 55 mph
on a two lane black top road out in the country. Had my cell
phone up to my ear talking to a buddy and, as we are so
often warned about, it took my attention away from my
driving. All of a sudden something pulled my attention back
to the road and about 60 or 70 feet in front of me was a
traffic control guy with his Stop/Slow sign turned to Stop.
I hit the binders and with the tires screeching on the
pavement, brought Old Blue to a stop right along side the
guy, who had taken a couple of steps off to the side of the
road. It was hot and I had the windows down and he leaned in
thru the passenger side and said "Nice truck, ya want to
sell it?" Maybe it's about time was my red faced reply,
sorry bout that, I was day dreaming. He turned the sign
to Slow and said, "Go ahead...and no more daydreaming."
Thank god I've kept those Huck brakes in good repair all
these years and they did their job. Disc's wouldn't have
done any better.
I was lucky and this was a really good awakening. If I'm
gonna talk on the phone, I'm pullin' off to the side of
the road from now on.
dg
Last edited by Denny Graham; 09/18/2015 1:01 PM.
