The History of Braking Systems
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A Full Explanation of The Evolution Of The Braking Systems of Transport Vehicles
The First Braking System- The horse!!
The Evolution Of The "Whoa Operated Braking System"
The very first braking system was actually just the horse. Horses were equipped with rods that attatched to rings around the horses neck. When The driver yellled Whoa and pulled the reins back. The horse slowed and the rods slowed the wagon down. Driver's found that this limited the amount of weight that you could carry to the amount ofhorses you had and the steepness of the hill that you were on.
The First lever Operated Braking Systems
Middle Tennessee is an excellent example of why the braking system had to be improved. The severity of the hills here made it very easy to get a horse killed and possibly the occupants of the carraige because of the steepness of the terrain. Because of this, lever-operated braking systems were invented. The first systems were a long bar that hung behind the rear wheels. That bar had u-joints that joined it to a forward facing rod
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We repair all types of cars and light trucks and all types of problems. We have the latest in diagnostic tools so that we can repair 2021 vehicles. We also still have carburetor tools, differential rebuild tools, distributor tools, and a whole bunch more that apply to new or old vehicles. We can adjust the points on your 1971 Volkswagen Beetle or we can diagnose the trouble codes on your 2021 F350.
I am a Master ASE Certified Technician. I was first certified in 1981. Back then we were still getting questions on points and condensers! At the same time I was trained for fuel injection. Fuel injection and electronic controls are not new. Mechanical fuel injection has been around since World War II. Mercedes Benz started using electronic fuel injection in 1965. Volkswagen started using electronic fuel injection in the type three model in 1967. Since that time every car manufacturer has switched from carburation to fuel injection.
Fuel injection and electronic diagnosis and repair is nothing new to us. Most of the sensors present on that 1967 Volkswagen are still present in today's systems. They still do the same things. Almost all of the fuel injection, ignition and emissions systems in use today has been in production for twenty years or more.
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