The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

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.

Jeroen

tony g wrote:But you said they did a good job

Tony

Toledo Man wrote:The Dolomite was derived from the FWD cars and they carried over the rack and the front brakes.