Advantages of nonenergized disk brakes over self energized drum brakes are -- greater stability, negligible fade, less water effect and no roughness; disk brake assembly, developed by Budd Co, is of multiple cylinder, fixed disk, fixed caliper type and consists of 2-piece caliper assembly bolted together in such manner that under influence of hydraulic pressure, caliper deflection is held to minimum; tests show that after first stop, drum brake equipped car, after traveling through 4-7 in. of water from 3-5 mph, required more than twice stopping distance than disk brake car.
Design of disc brakes for American automobiles
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1963 Brakes
1963
6 pages
Conference paper
English
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