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In general they SHORTEN your stopping distance as they can apply more force to the breaks.
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Does fanning air brakes cause air pressure to increase?
No you lose air pressure .
Why do you have soft brakes?
Soft brakes are caused by moisture or air in the brake lines. This reduces the pressure in side the system and greatly reduces its stopping power.
How many feet to stop car at 70 mph?
One - which needs to be on the brake pedal! Apart from the car's speed, the stopping distance will depend on the mass of the car, the condition of the brakes, the condition of the tyres - the air pressure and tread, the road condition, the driver's response.
What happens when air gets in the braking system?
Air stuck in the brake lines cause the peddle to feel "spongy". Your braking distance will dramatically increase with air in the system. When you apply the brakes in a vehicle that has no air in the system, that pressure added with the pressure from the master cylinder presses the brake pads against the rotor or drum causing you to stop. When there is air in the brake system and you apply the brakes some of that pressure is used up by compressing the air in the system and the rest is trying to stop the vehicle.
Do air brakes use brake fluid?
No, they use air pressure or actually the lack of air pressure to stop the vehicle. The brakes are fully on until pressure builds up in the tank releasing the brakes. When you push the brake pedal this removes air from the system and applies the brakes.
How do you adjust brake imbalanced?
We would need to know what type of brakes you have... S-cam air brakes, air disc brakes, air piston brakes, air wedge brakes, hydraulic drum brakes, hydraulic disc brakes... they're all different.
How effective are air brakes verses a standard set of brakes?
Air brakes are just as effective as a standard set of brakes. The advantages to air brakes are that you do not have to worry about leaking brake fluid.
What do air brakes use to make the brakes work?
Compressed air.
How do you replace the air brakes on a 2000 Mercury Mountaineer?
The Mercury Mountaineer has hydraulic brakes, not air brakes.
Determine the stopping distance by these factors?
The two major factors are; friction between tires and road; friction between brake pads and rotors. Wind speed plays a small role that is usually much less of an effect than the aforementioned.
Who invented the air brakes?
George Westinghouse invented the air brakes
Are disic brakes the same as hydrolic brakes?
No. Hydraulic brakes can be either drum or disc brakes, and these two brake types are available as air brakes and air-over-hydraulic systems, as well.
