Handbrake bingo

[Mike]

Took the bread van for an MOT today, all was going well until the handbrake test.....

Can anyone guess how many kg's of stopping powerz my Corsa's handbrake has :)

[NOVA_LEE]

im guessing 47??

[Asa-James]

3

[NOVA_LEE]

there again ive not got a clue an it was a guestimation

[novalicous]

97.4

[Mike]

97.4

No

3

Nope


im guessing 47??

No

[novalicous]

any one of those 3 close?

[NOVA_LEE]

2nd guess im saying 0 (u actually got a working hand brake?)

[Mike]

any one of those 3 close?

One is closeish, an yes my handbrake does kinda work'ish lol

[NOVA_LEE]

novalicious has to be the closest here, id bet a handbrake cable on it haha

[Mike]

novalicious has to be the closest here, id bet a handbrake cable on it haha

Nope, his geustimate is miles out actually lol

BTW, apparently (??) handbrake needs to be at least 19% efficency to pass

[Bubba]

17 :)

[Mike]

17 :)

Nope, not zero either lol

[Saloony]

Nope, his geustimate is miles out actually lol

BTW, apparently (??) handbrake needs to be at least 19% efficency to pass

Wrong... 16% dude:thumb:

[Mike]

Wrong... 16% dude:thumb:

LOL could explain a few things then lol lol lol lol

[Saloony]

LOL could explain a few things then lol lol lol lol

:roll: lol

[sulphur]

9 :)

[Mike]

9 :)

More then 9 lol lol

[sulphur]

How much more? 10? lol

[mowgli]

i bet you are really glad you took the brakes apart last week & sorted them.... imagine how crap they must have been before ...

[Mike]

i bet you are really glad you took the brakes apart last week & sorted them.... imagine how crap they must have been before ...

The rear brakes were dire! Practically not even noticable really, there a bit better now but Ive still not got round to changing the rear shoes lol

[Pete]

13 :)

[Saloony]

Rear brakes on them corsa c's are forever giving ****... they loose adjustment just by blinking at them.

[Mike]

Well, no ones guessed it lol

For a full house we were looking for 21!!

21 whole British kilograms of stopping resistance/power type effort lol lol lol

[General Baxter]

not going to roll away is it lol

[Mike]

not going to roll away is it lol

Not unless someone leans on it :)

[L14MNP]

It puts it into perspective when you think if you had a catastrophic hydraulic failure and had to yank on the handbrake to stop. It would be like chuckin a 21kg anchor out the window. Not gonna do much at speed. lol

But the whole hyd cicruit would never fail, so fcuk it. lol

[Adam]

21kg? Is that good?

(Seriously, 21kg brake force doesnt really mean much?? Lol)

[Mike]

21kg? Is that good?

No, FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRR from it lol according to the 2005 Autodata chart i was reading in the MOT place, the overall vehicle braking should be about 1200kg lol

[L14MNP]

When I took my SR for an MOT after it lying in some geezers garage for over a year it barely registered on the brake tester. I thought they were 'OK' lol

[Mike]

When I took my SR for an MOT after it lying in some geezers garage for over a year it barely registered on the brake tester. I thought they were 'OK' lol

Mine barely did lol i was in the car pressing the brake & i could see the kg counter, front brakes made 745kg, handbrake made 21kg lol a total braking force of 766kg FLOL lol lol

[L14MNP]

lol. It's all overrated IMO. Just use the gears. lol

[Adam]

1st gear engine braking at 45mph FTW

[L14MNP]

It's fun doing it with a welder. Sometimes locks the rears up. lol