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Old 21st April 2008, 22:47   #35 (permalink)
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This thing about the handbrake loosing grip when cooling. Surely it is not an issue if the brake is applied with plenty of force, Pottsy wrote somewhere that a force of 20Kg is required. The stretch/tension in the cable must be much greater than the contraction in the discs and brake mechanism.
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