I never knew about reducing stress on the trans like that. Does this apply
to Manual Transmissions as well?
I very often leave my vehicle in gear when I park it to keep it from rolling
in the event that the e-brake ever were to fail. I sometimes even hold the
service brake pedal down and release the clutch in 1st gear.....essentially
stalling it in gear whenever I do work on the truck (and I don't want the
truck to roll over me).
Up to this point I always assumed this stress was minimal.....now I wonder??
""Will Coughlin"" <willcoughlin@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:F161baS9JsSEvmXd7Fx00008f7f@hotmail.com...
> Using the parking brake definitely reduces stress on the auto tranny, if
you
> use it right. When you are ready to park, stop with the service brakes and
> hold them, shift to nuetral and set the parking brake, release the service
> brakes and let the vehicle settle/roll until the parking brake holds it,
> then shift to park and there'll be no pressure on the tranny. I've always
> done it whenever I drive an automatic equipped truck just out of courtesy.
> HTH,
>
> Will Coughlin willcoughlin@hotmail.com
> '00 reg.cab,2wd,4.7L/NV-3500HD5-spd/3.92sg(9.25")
> http://www.geocities.com/willcoughlin/index.html
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "DakotaRebel" <dakrebelchic@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: DML: Parking Break Gave Up...
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 19:57:06 -0500
>
> Oh my! I'm hoping my cable isn't that weak...though I guess I'll have to
> wait and see. I have the auto tranny, so for the most part it's not a
huge
> deal for me to go without the p-break, though I do use it everytime I park
> under recommendation that it takes a lil stress of the tranny and auto
> clutch.
>
> I figure I'll give my dealership a shot at fixing this inside problem, and
> if they can't come up with something better than this, I may have to hop
> into AutoCAD and redesign that part. :o)
>
> Btw...thanks for replying Will ;o)
>
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> DakotaRebel
>
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