If you will shift the Coupe to a lower gear, and let your compression slow you down on those long down hill sections, you will find you don't have to ride the brakes as much. This eliminates large amounts of heat buildup.
Larry
Joseph Loomis wrote:
Question about Goodyear Brakes...I have two sets of brakes, most easily identified by the disc thickness.One is approximately 1/8 inch thick and has brake pucks about 0.450 inch long.The other is approximately 1/4 inch thick and equvalently shorter pucks.The Ercoupe manual I have indicates the pucks originally were 0.460 long and gives no indication of the thicker disc and shorter pucks.I assume that the thicker disc is a later modification. (maybe wrong assumption...) I don't have any publication which describes this change in brake design.Question. Are they completely interchangable with either caliper?I would like to use the thicker disc as it could absorb considerably more energy if needed without overheating... that is if they are legal.THanks,
Joe
Joseph Loomis
Ercoupe 415 C, N93712,
S.N. 1035, (April 8, 1946)
4836 W. Whitehall Rd.
Pa. Furnace, PA 16865
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