Electric brakes
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Electric brakes
Okay, I saw a Fantomworks where they installed "electric brakes." I have also now started seeing it in magazines. What's the scoop? Just curious is all. ANybody install/use these things?
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I haven't seen any used in the primary braking system but the oem's are starting to use them in the park brake systems. Ford, Volvo, Volkswagen, Subaru, to name a few, are the ones I've worked on. Rear calipers with an integrated e-brake actuator in the caliper. You push a button on the dash to engage and disengage the park brake. No more foot pedal or handle. These calipers are $$$ to replace. AND you have to have a scan tool capable of communicating with the chassis module to tell it to retract the piston so you can change the brakes.
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I seen that. the car already had wilwood brake calibers.i also was surprised when they swapped out the edlebrock carb for a holly .I would have thought they could have rejetted if needed.The car was for a guy in a wheel chair.Maybe they meant electric brake hand controls.
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Kind of a different deal- trailer brakes are usually electro-magnetic. The brake controller senses you've stepped on the brakes thru the stop light switch and sends voltage to the electromagnets at the wheels. Old ones even tapped into the brake hydraulic system at the master cylinder and sensed that way. This thing is a power booster that's electric.
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Some newer airplanes have done away with engine driven hydraulic pumps and all the plumbing associated with distributing that pressurized fluid to the components that need it throughout the aircraft. Now they just put combination electric pumps/hydraulic actuators right where they are needed.
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More **** to go wrong and cost incredible amounts to fix. So when the brakes need replacing, you **** can the car and buy a new one. Planned obsolescence.
Last edited by Richard Daugird; Jul 14, 2017 at 05:02 PM.