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Old 05-31-2020, 03:28 AM   #3
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Re: Brakes info

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Originally Posted by truckster View Post
There's an error in that article. The brake pressure doesn't change. If it did, the stopping power would be reduced (Pascal's law). What does change is the effort required to achieve the same amount of pressure.
True...an example I use trying to explain to someone is a floor jack with that little tiny piston lifting a vehicle with little effort.
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