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MINIRO

Post subject: Hairy moment on the way to work

Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:05 am

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On the way to work this morning, cruising out thru the back of kangaroo ground/eltham, there is nice down hill stretch that turns into a 90deg. right hander.

I travel this way to work everyday (and forgot about the corner

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Anyway, as i approached the corner (maybe about 50m away) i realised i had better slow down (was doing about 80kph)

I jumped on the brakes (twin leading edge drums) and the right rear locked up and stepped the arse out to the left, lucky there was no cars coming the other way around the corner, because i had to take the apex as i was still going a bit quicker then a should of been for that corner.

Anyway, it got the heart rate up, i had fun, i'm still alive and the mini is un-scathed.

there is no real moral here, but im just wondering why the right rear would of locked up?

Rohan

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 6:41 am

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Downhill, weight at the front is probably part of it. could of also hit some diesel or oil etc. I'd check the other wheel cylinder, maybe the right rear locked because the left is sticking?

good you didn't hit anything though!

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MINIRO

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 7:28 am

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Cheers, Yeah lucky i didnt hit anything, there is about 40-50m of armco that goes around that stretch of road.

Rohan

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 8:59 am

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MINIRO wrote:

Cheers, Yeah lucky i didnt hit anything, there is about 40-50m of armco that goes around that stretch of road.

Rohan

yeah, you've seen first hand what happens when you do hit something in that situation....

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:07 am

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stuffed brake proportioning valve, Located under rear subframe.

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MINIRO

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:31 am

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skssgn wrote:

MINIRO wrote:

Cheers, Yeah lucky i didnt hit anything, there is about 40-50m of armco that goes around that stretch of road.

Rohan

yeah, you've seen first hand what happens when you do hit something in that situation....

Yes have Simon,

Lets not get into that.

It was a very sad day for all involved

RIP lil blue

Rohan

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MINIRO

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 11:30 am

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I still get flash backs from that nasty day:(

Rohan

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Lillee

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:32 pm

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Adjust your front and rears everytime you are under there, every week if you can be bothered...

I test my brake adjustments everytime it rains

sometimes unintentionally :oops:

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MINIRO

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 1:14 pm

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Cool, i will get it checked out.

When the rear stepped out it was great, it made it easier to go around the right hand corner

Rohan

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DTrain

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Posted: Tue Feb 21, 2006 4:34 pm

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i was still going a bit quicker then a should of been for that corner

youve got your moral of the story right there

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MINIRO

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:02 am

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DTrain wrote:

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i was still going a bit quicker then a should of been for that corner

youve got your moral of the story right there

No, it was that i wasnt paying attention and forgot about the corner :oops:

Rohan

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