PS Magazine - JULY 1979

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 320

JULY 1979

PS Magazine - JULY 1979 - Page 4 of 34
Tr
y
Or
If you don't Try your bRakes bEforE
yoU movE oUt, yoU coUlD "buy
·
the
Farm.± WHAt'rE a Few sEConDs AnD a
litTlE knEE-bEnding woRtH? YoUr liFE?
²EmEmbEr, onCE you gET tHosE Tons
of sTEEl moving, THERE's noTHing you
Can do To stop³qUiCkly and sAFEly´
iF your BRakEs Donµt woRk.
¶EFOrE you s¸iFT inTo gEAR, pLanT
your foo¹ on THE BRakE pEdal And
tha± Sinking
º»G¼T A½¾E¿ ÀÁUÂVE Useà UP ThÄ ÅÆEE TÇAÈeLÉ ÊËU shoUÌD ÍEEÎ soLiÏ ÐRessURe
UnÑeÒ ÓÔÕR Ö×oØÙ ÚUÛ ÜonÝÞ QUiT ßEÛKEàá on âRãssänåæ
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±
çF TèE éeêAë sìNís ALL îïe ðñò
t
Tóà ôÌooÒ³oõ Eöen ALM÷sT øÁ Tùe FLÔoÒú
ûÁUÝüý åþT TÿoUĀLeā ĂeAL ăAĄ BąAĆe TRoUćLĈ! ĉosT LìĊċÎß ČoUR čDRAUĎďĐ
SđsTEMÝs ÌoĒ ēn ĔLUìĕĖ ėR TĘęEÝs AĚě iĜ_ Tĝe ĞğĠġRAULĢģ LĢĤesĥ
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ħĨnÝT MĩÈĪ TīAĬ ĭeĮįİı IJnTijL ĴĵUĶM€ķĸAnìĹÂs ĺAD A ÌoĻļ ĽT ľTĿ
ŀAĤ yoU BE sURE noð tHAT yoUR
brAkEs will stop yoUR vEHiCLe wHEn
it's moving? ŁoT yETł ŃHE only wAy
To kĤow FoR sURe is To tRy 'EMń
bEFoRE yoU hit THE RoADŅ
ņoÈE oUT sLoð ŇĤÂ eAsßňAnD TRß
yoUR BrAkes sLoð Ňn eAsßʼn WATchÉ LisTen
AnD FeELæ ŊoU shoULD hAÈE A FiRM peDAÎ
4
Pick out a spot straight
aHead. See If you cAn sto±
rIgHt oN tHaT spo²³. .cleaN, true,
No pullINg to oNe side´ µo
grabbINg or cHatteriµg of your brAKes
Buy
masH 'Eŋ DownŌsōow Ŏn' ŏAsy buT
firmŅ ŃHe pEdAl sHould Drop UndER
T¸e wEigHt oF youR FŐoT FőR ThE FirsT
\
incH oR so. ŃHis's "FREE TRAvELā±
YoU'RE TAking UŒ THE sLACk iĤ THE
bRAkE sysTEm linkAgeœ If yoUR BRAkEs
TAkE AHoLd As soon As yoU ToUCh THE
peDAl, tHE BrakE sHoEs ARE pRobABly
dRŔgging on tHE bRake DruM AnD
wEARing oUt THe Lining.
FeelING
ŕADÉ ToŖ, ìs A sŗonåß ôeeLìĤå ðhen ŘoU řRess ēĤ ThE BRAkE peDALŚ śÅ iT
sEEMs
Ŝ
LiŝE ߪUÝÈe åoT JeLşŠo UšŢER ßoUR ţŤoťÉ ßoUR MEchAĤic MAß ÅìnŦ Air
TRAââeD iŧ ThE hßDŨAULic sũsTeŪ oÒ A ðEAĆ BÒAŝE hosE TūAT's ŬALLooninå
UnDeR hßŭŮAUlic âůessUREæ
ŰìRMÝs The woRű³ôRoM sTAÇT
T
ŲųŴìsŵĥ ŶoR A FiÒm sTop, ßoU ĤEED A ŷìRm
ŸRAĆe peŹALź
Ż
As yoU comE to A smooTh sTop³witH
no sqUEAÌs, sqUEAks, rATTling, cHAtTeRż
ing or pUlLing to onE siDE.
ŃŽen try it At a litTžE HigHEr
sŒeedŌ10 to 15 ſƀƁŌAnd A HArdEr
stopƂ
ƃnytHing wrongŌor EvEn sEEm
wRong? ƄEt it CHECkEd ouT³and
fixEd, if nEedEd³nowł


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