. Automotive industries . AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES THE AUTOMOBILE FORUM 231. Transmission Brakes Editor Automotive Industries:—It is not very oftenthat I find myself opposed to the views expressed in an A. , but I cannot help feeling that the recent com-ment on transmission brakes missed a few points of someimportance. It is my conviction that the best service brake is a trans-mission brake, when all things are considered, and this isnot based on old European prejudice; I hope that I havevery little of that left in my make up. Taking the advantages of the service transmission brakeas t
. Automotive industries . AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES THE AUTOMOBILE FORUM 231. Transmission Brakes Editor Automotive Industries:—It is not very oftenthat I find myself opposed to the views expressed in an A. , but I cannot help feeling that the recent com-ment on transmission brakes missed a few points of someimportance. It is my conviction that the best service brake is a trans-mission brake, when all things are considered, and this isnot based on old European prejudice; I hope that I havevery little of that left in my make up. Taking the advantages of the service transmission brakeas they appeal to the user: First, there is its great powerwith small exertion; second, there is extreme ease of ad-justment, and third, there is much easier replacementwhen relining becomes necessary. Against these unquestioned good points there are threeconventional objections: That the brake is dangerouslypowerful, that it over-stresses the universal joints andthat it puts excessive loads on the bevels in the rear axle. Now, as a matter of fact, it is high speed rathe
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