Miata Mailing List: December 1995, Message #68
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   From: Phredd 
Subject: Gimme a brake.
   Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 18:36:04 -0500

Hi, all:

Had a weird thing happen on the way back to the office from lunch today.

Was approaching an intersection kinda hot and, because of heavy traffic 
all around, made a last-minute yellow light decision to stop. When I hit 
the binders, my car pulled to the left *hard*. I lifted, straightened out 
but had to get on 'em again to stay on the early side of the stop line. 
Same thing. Hard pull to the left.

Needless to say, I drove gingerly until I could get off the main drag. 
The road was fairly clear so I accelerated and got on the brakes hard 
again. No pull. I did it again and braked hard once more with no hand on 
the wheel. Sure straight stop. The problem did not recur again. The trip 
home tonight may be interesting but I'm going to stay off the Interstate 
to play it safe.

As far as I know, the road surface was equal under each side of the car. 
There could have been an oil or water slick there (especially since it 
was an intersection stopping lane) but I sure didn't notice anything. 

I've not had any trouble with the brakes at all previously. About 15M 
miles on the car.

Any ideas? TIA

Keep the Revs up!

Phredd

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Fred Donour, Jr.
XCIII Red A - (Li'l Darlin')

Norfolk/Virginia Beach, Virginia
License plate (rear only, of course): "MX-5"
Team MCA ~ Team Voodoo (modified)

God's Miata is Red!