Pindell, Tim P wrote:
> I'm somewhat obsessive-paranoid about it. I always let the vehicle come
> to rest on the parking brake before shifting to "park" or putting the
> trans in 1st or reverse. My mother-in-law has a steep driveway. She
> parks her Buick and just lets it bounce on the parking pawl. >cringe<
Hey Tim! I agree and admit I am the same way. I always set the parking
brakes. I do the same thing - stop with the service brakes - and then
set the parking brake before I let off the service brakes - then I put
it in park.
My mother never sets the parking brake on her Explorer. Its a 2002, and
after 5 years of it - the shift lever is messed up - prolly a bent pawl.
When you go to put it in park after driving, it wont go all the way
into park. You have to back it off a little and *then* put it in park
(column shifter)
One time I set the parking brake in that truck when I drove it - the
next time, she drove off with the brake ON - the drag on the driveline
and the flashing red light on the dash was not obvious enough for her I
guess heh. That fryed the parking brakes (drum inside rotor) -
overheated the rear service brakes, froze the calipers, ruined the
rotors, and eventually lead to the front rotors warping because the
front was doing all the braking.
I got yelled at for setting the parking brake LOL, and then had to do
the brake job later in the year.
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