DeTomaso Mailing List: March 2001, Message #22

     The way the tandem cylinder works it pressurizes the secondary circuit 
     through the primary circuit. It's obvious if you look at a schematic 
     drawing of the cylinder. It's not the fluid in the reservoirs that 
     boils, it's the fluid in the calipers. Even if it was one front 
     caliper, the other front caliper would see the same pressure as 
     they're in the same circuit and you would have a spongy pedal but no 
     pulling.
     
     Tomas


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Subject: Re: Boiling brake fluid? Glaze? (Was: TWS Report (finally!))
Author:  Kirby Schrader <schrader@sugar-land.oilfield.slb.com> at 
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Date:    2001-03-01 08:21


At 9:09 -0500 1/3/01, Tomas Gunnarsson wrote:
>      Shouldn't boiling fluid take out the whole system at once? The
>      pressure should be uniform throughout the brake system. My vote goes 
>      towards glazing.
>
     
I wouldn't think so... The front and rear are separate reservoirs. 
And the front brakes get mucho hotter than the rears usually?
     
     
     
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