| [GMCnet] REACTION ARM BRAKE SYSTEM [message #87545] |
Sun, 06 June 2010 15:26  |
Charles Aulgur
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Registered: March 2006
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I sent an e-mail to Wes C. last week to inquire if he wanted to put
an article about the brake torque reaction modification in his
newsletter but he declined as I expected because he does not
recommend any modifications to the OEM GMC. I had written a few
articles before in his newsletter and one of them turned out to be
partially false. It had to do with adding the 2" spacers to the
front wheels where I predicated major failures by doing so. I was
correct about them adding over 400% increase in loading on the
bearings but I was proven to be wrong about the predicted failures.
Just like in the brake reaction arm system, a lot of people dodn't
believe what I was telling them and they installed them and have
driven thousands of miles with no known bearing failures. So you see
I don't know what I'm talking about all the time. If you want to
read a funny story Wes put in his news letter about how dangerous the
GMCs are. Just look in his newsletter index under "Bear Bait" and you
can see why you should not leave your front windows open when camping
in Bear country.
Back to why Wes called me. He wanted to make sure I was aware of the
potential litigation I was exposing myself to by recommending people
install a brake system on their GMCs that is not DOT approved. Jim,
Rick and I have talked about this many times and we are well aware
we could loss ever dollar we have if someone should have a serious
accident and insurance companys and lawyers get involved, even if it
was not your fault. We have decided it is worth the reisk if we can
save some lives by people being able to avoid a serious accident by
having much better brakes. Wes also said that we could probably get
this modification approved by DOT for around 50k$ an he would be
willing to help. So all you folks need to think about this and maybe
we could get each GMC club to kick in a few thousand and get it done,
Chuck Aulgur
La Mesa, CA
76 Royale with full six wheel brakes that are not approved by DOT
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