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I live in DC, and this happens to me every summer when I get caught up in traffic and the weather is in the 90s. The bomb gets hot and the pedal gets hard as a rock. I took an old sock and placed it over the bomb, and I carry a bottle of water in the trunk at all times. At the first sign of the problem, I pull over and wet the sock using the water bottle, and the adiobatic cooling from the water evaporating restores the brakes in about 5 minutes. Ive been meaning to install a little fan and an auxiliary windshield washer set up for years, but it doesn't happen very often and it is waaaay down the list of things to do.
I'd be curious to know how many others have experienced this. I thought it was just part of the way the thing worked. However, the wet sock works every time (going on five years now) and I never have any trouble with my brakes under other conditions. You may want to give this a try. BTW, I have a very attractive blue sock over the bomb from my daughter's old soccer uniform.
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Posts in this Thread:
- ABS failure after long traffic nightmare..., ZAAB , Sat, 7 May 2011 15:52:45
- Re: ABS failure after long traffic nightmare..., thresholdmusic, Sun, 8 May 2011 09:17:11
- There's an easy cure for that., Notnoel , Sat, 7 May 2011 17:26:28 <-- Viewing This Message
- Had it overheat once..., Cary, Sun, 8 May 2011 19:15:09
- I have never heard that, SWEDECAR , Sun, 8 May 2011 09:07:47
- Re: Over heated., Saabnutt, Tue, 10 May 2011 19:43:08
- Re: I have never heard that, ZAAB , Sun, 8 May 2011 15:38:12
- And that's exactly my experience,....., vsfoxe , Sun, 8 May 2011 10:10:56
- Anders - replacing the accumulator had no effect, Notnoel , Sun, 8 May 2011 09:36:40
- Notnoel I'm a bartender in DC, Philip Schall, Sat, 7 May 2011 21:14:55
- i would expect you'd use cotton socks, not nylon or..., baggsly , Sat, 7 May 2011 18:42:55
- thanks for the tip!!, Saab Junkie, Sat, 7 May 2011 18:29:04
- Re: There's an easy cure for that., ZAAB , Sat, 7 May 2011 18:00:11
- I experience it once or twice each summer with....., vsfoxe , Sat, 7 May 2011 17:43:32
- Whoa! Glad you made it home safe., nateh89spg , Sat, 7 May 2011 17:07:06
- Re: ABS failure after long traffic nightmare..., RadioFlyer, Sat, 7 May 2011 16:09:52
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