I still think wherever the caliper is the grabbing force is the same (given the same radius from the centre)
Tony
xvivalve wrote:
soe8m wrote:Having drum brakes on your wheelbarrow will have the same effect.
Jeroen
Lever, fulcrum and load; the point at which the load is applied will make a huge difference, particularly so if it moves from one side of the fulcrum to the other despite the actual distance being small.
(but yes, I take your point that the parts attached will want to rotate around the wheel in all cases)
tony g wrote:But the rack is at the rear and so is the caliper on a Dolomite... Did they do a different version?
soe8m wrote:Purely practical. Most rwd cars have the trackrods at the front and fwd cars at the rear. You want as less heat in the near of balljoints so triumph did a good job on the dolomite.
Some competition car's and f1 have the calipers at the bottom for lower centre of gravity. When a wheel is braked the parts attached, a car or wheel barrow want to turn around it. Having drum brakes on your wheelbarrow will have the same effect.
The Dolomite was derived from the FWD cars and they carried over the rack and the front brakes.
Toledo Man
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