Cheap, but these brakes are killers
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:57:00 GMT
KUALA LUMPUR: After years of searching for reasons for the high accident and fatality rate in the country, the authorities said yesterday it could be due to low quality brake pads found in almost all older vehicles. Road Safety Department
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Some ideas to steer clear of breakdowns
Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:04:00 GMT
HAVE a 1990 Proton Saga. By 2002 its power steering had leaked fluid. Mechanics said this was because the rubber seals had hardened. In 2006, the cylinder of one rear wheel brake pump rusted. Two years later the other also rusted and leaked, a fate that
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Bosch puts the brakes on Dacia's Sandero
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:39:00 GMT
Robert Bosch GmbH supplies its latest-generation ABS along with electronic brakeforce distribution (EBD) and emergency brake assist (EBA) to the Dacia Sandero
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Particles from Car Brakes Harm Lung Cells
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:15:00 GMT
s open access journal Particle and Fibre Toxicology found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even close proximity to a disengaged brake resulted in potentially dangerous cellular stress. Barbara
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Particles from car brakes can harm lungs
Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:55:00 GMT
Tiny particles released by car brake pads can harm lung cells, according to new research. Researchers found that heavy braking, as in an emergency stop, caused the most damage, but normal breaking and even nearness to
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