corvette brake system
ictus
04-10-2003, 08:49 PM
Hello,
I am doing a mock court murder trial for political science and I am in need of guidance for technical details about power braking systems. I have a few questions.
Firstly, what happened in my case is : somebody drilled the brake line for a 2002 corvette convertible, and when the driver tried to use the brakes they went over a cliff.
The driver had driven for at least 6 hours before the problem. I am prosecuting the case. I have already stated that a piece of the drill used to drill the line was found stuck in the hole, thus reinforcing the leak and adding time. These are my questions:
1) is it possibly that you could drive for a while with a drilled brake line without noticing, giving that the hole is small (1/16") and a piece of a drill is stuck in the hole, and given a brake fluid of high viscosity.
2) is simply drilling 1 brake line enough to cause a completely loss of braking? i know there are 2 individual lines for front and back, but would a hole in either line deplete fluids? is there some master brake line that could be cut to drain all fluids?
basically what I am looking for is a feasable way to explain how the driver of a sabatoged car (1 brake line drilled) could have driven for 6 hours, and then experienced complete brake failure.
if drilling only one line is not sufficient this is bad news for my case
if driving 6 hours is not feasable (with very small hole that is clogged), this is also bad news.
ANY help at all would be GREATLY appreciated. I have had a hard time finding any hard facts on these issues, as most sites that turn up are installation guides etc..... if somebody could point out braking and fluid resources I would be very greatful.
Sincerely,
Ryan Brucks
I am doing a mock court murder trial for political science and I am in need of guidance for technical details about power braking systems. I have a few questions.
Firstly, what happened in my case is : somebody drilled the brake line for a 2002 corvette convertible, and when the driver tried to use the brakes they went over a cliff.
The driver had driven for at least 6 hours before the problem. I am prosecuting the case. I have already stated that a piece of the drill used to drill the line was found stuck in the hole, thus reinforcing the leak and adding time. These are my questions:
1) is it possibly that you could drive for a while with a drilled brake line without noticing, giving that the hole is small (1/16") and a piece of a drill is stuck in the hole, and given a brake fluid of high viscosity.
2) is simply drilling 1 brake line enough to cause a completely loss of braking? i know there are 2 individual lines for front and back, but would a hole in either line deplete fluids? is there some master brake line that could be cut to drain all fluids?
basically what I am looking for is a feasable way to explain how the driver of a sabatoged car (1 brake line drilled) could have driven for 6 hours, and then experienced complete brake failure.
if drilling only one line is not sufficient this is bad news for my case
if driving 6 hours is not feasable (with very small hole that is clogged), this is also bad news.
ANY help at all would be GREATLY appreciated. I have had a hard time finding any hard facts on these issues, as most sites that turn up are installation guides etc..... if somebody could point out braking and fluid resources I would be very greatful.
Sincerely,
Ryan Brucks
bowtiebandit
04-11-2003, 06:46 AM
I'll get back to you on this...............
v10_viper
04-11-2003, 10:46 PM
Well, i dont think the driving for 6 hours would work, but if there was something a little larger in diameter stuck in the 1/16" hole, then with result pressure it might be able to be drove for 6 hours then all of a sudden pop out and then soon later it would drain, and it happened to my car, the rear lines rusted out and i lost breaks all over in the car, nothing at all. Can you maybe change this story??
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