Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 14:47:42 GMT From: Johannes <johsnospam-gets-nuked-sizefitter.com> Subject: Re: Vibrations when (hand)braking
Pooh Bear wrote: > > Wido van Krieken wrote: > > > When driving 80 km/hour and gently pulling the handbrake, severe vibrations > > in the steering wheel occur. Is this normal? > > If you pull it harder you might find the car 'going in the opposite direction' > actually. > > DONT PULL THE HANDBRAKE IN MOTION unless you have a serious death wish. > > Graham Quite. I did that may years ago in a Ford Fiesta. And worse, the handbrake locked in its position - of course, they usually do that. But I hadn't thought of that and had only had microseconds to figure out what the f was going on!