<VV> Corvair content, Really! (brakes)

[Tony Underwood]

At 09:18 AM 3/26/2011, Bill Hubbell wrote:
>I DID!
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> >>> Do you carry health insurance?
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> > Think about it Bill...           ;)
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Then think this:


You have health insurance although you're a doctor.  That dual master 
cylinder itself IS health insurance.   Somebody somewhere at the DoT 
decided that those dual master cylinders were a wise thing to include 
in an automobile for a pretty good reason.



And just as you might already know:

All the preparation in the world won't keep your single cylinder 
brake system from failing if something lets go unexpectedly, such as 
something falling off the truck in front of you which bounces 
erratically under your car, taking out one of those brake lines or 
hoses which ARE somewhat exposed on a Corvair.

What happens then?  Your resort is the e-brake or that time-proven 
trick of part-throttle and stuffing the PG lever into Reverse (which 
WILL work in an emergency).   Oh wait... this won't work if a rear 
wheel bearing goes South... leaving you with only the fronts that 
could do any braking in that instance.  That correctly set up dual MC 
might be the difference between getting safely off the road or an 
adventure down the hill and a "sashay through the boonies".


Sure, it's a very remote possibility.   But remote possibilities do 
happen, so when they do... wouldn't you want to have a fair shot at 
coming out of it intact?



The point is, some insurance is a good thing and in this instance a 
dual master cylinder set up RIGHT is insurance... just like the 
insurance YOU carry so you won't go broke getting fixed at the 
hospital of your choice if somebody somehow manages to drop a piano 
on you or you get hit with that e bola strain that sneaks onto you 
from that illegal immigrant carrier you accidentally bumped into at 
the local supermarket.



You never know when something unexpected might happen to your brand 
new rebuilt brake system that came from outside the box, no 
pun.   ...just like you never know when something might happen to YOU 
personally that you never expected, regardless of how healthy you 
might be and how well you take care of yourself.


C'mon, this is simple logic.

If someone updates the brakes on their car, it's a good thing, and it 
does NOT mean that they're gonna become brane-ded overnight and stop 
taking care of their car.   You should comment positively on their 
efforts instead of being critical regarding their "unnecessarily" 
upgrading their brakes.




tony..    has 'Vairs with dual MCs