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Stepsides 4Ever · 05-07-2004, 03:09 PM

If disc brakes were not superior to drum brakes, manufacturers would still be offering disc brakes as an option. I don't think you will find very many vehicles produced in the last quarter century that did not come standard with disc brakes.

Drum brakes have gone the way of hand-cranked engines, generators, ignition points, and tube-type radios. Granted, you don't actually need any of these things as the originals worked and worked well when properly maintained. The old mechanical brake systems would stop, too, when adjusted properly. Remember the old argument against early hydraulic brakes? if you were driving off a cliff, which would you want to grab ahold of...a cable or a hydraulic hose?

So the argument that if all you want to do is stop, then drum brakes will do the job, is not very compelling, in my opinion.

05-07-2004, 03:09 PM	#5
Stepsides 4Ever Stepsides Are Bedder Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Norco, CA Posts: 238	If disc brakes were not superior to drum brakes, manufacturers would still be offering disc brakes as an option. I don't think you will find very many vehicles produced in the last quarter century that did not come standard with disc brakes. Drum brakes have gone the way of hand-cranked engines, generators, ignition points, and tube-type radios. Granted, you don't actually need any of these things as the originals worked and worked well when properly maintained. The old mechanical brake systems would stop, too, when adjusted properly. Remember the old argument against early hydraulic brakes? if you were driving off a cliff, which would you want to grab ahold of...a cable or a hydraulic hose? So the argument that if all you want to do is stop, then drum brakes will do the job, is not very compelling, in my opinion. Last edited by Stepsides 4Ever; 05-07-2004 at 03:16 PM.