What would we ever need brakes for?(TILTING at windmills)(Brief article)Peters, Charles
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Sometimes the problem is not with the clutch slipping, but rather with it sticking. If your clutch won't release properly, it will continue to turn the input shaft. This can cause grinding, or completely prevent your car from going into gear. Some common reasons a clutch may stick are: ...
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Good-quality "road" bikes usually havecaliper brakeswith a special "quick-release" mechanism to let the brake shoes open up wide enough to fit the tire through. You don't actually need this feature to remove aflattire, but it is helpful. There will be a button on the brake handle, or...
Last but not least, a short road test will occur to listen or feel for any problems with the steering, engine, brakes, transmission, clutch, cruise control, steering, etc. Also, the on-board computer will be scanned for any diagnostic error codes. ...
It does this by using a "regenerative braking" system. That is, instead of just using the brakes to stop the car, the electric motor that drives the hybrid can also slow the car. In this mode, the electric motor acts as a generator and charges the batteries while the car is slowing ...
(The flip side, of course, is that pushing the pedal deeper into its travel produces proportionatelylesseffect than it would otherwise — but for many people, the only time they push past half-throttle is to floor the gas, and that still produces the same result.) ...
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