deleting parking brake lever

[curse]

I know i do not need the parking brake lever since I have an automatic and cannot find a lever. But...do I get rid of that bar that goes between the shoes that is part of the self adjusting system?

 

[DoubleDingo]

The parking pawl in the transmission is not designed as a parking brake or to hold back the weight of the vehicle on inclines. You need the parking brake to be applied and holding the vehicle before putting the transmission in park.

 

[Radiohead]

It's out there, gotta keep looking. Yeah, it's not going to be easy or fast but it is necessary.

Unless you want to go the motor home park brake route. That's a bunch of work finding and modifying too, so....

 

[Smtty58]

Look for a complete axle, pull what you need, and then sell the axle. Might even make a profit.

 

[Turbo4whl]

Parking brake? You should call it by the correct name, Emergency Brake. If all else fails you can still slow down and stop the truck. Keystone state safety inspection fails without a working E-brake.

 

[Grit dog]

The parking pawl in the transmission is not designed as a parking brake or to hold back the weight of the vehicle on inclines. You need the parking brake to be applied and holding the vehicle before putting the transmission in park.

But realistically the trans will hold the vehicle on about any slope carefully.
The % of parking brakes used is I’m sure really low overall.
The % of parking brakes used on old vehicles is abysmal.
Ever see a vehicle roll away from a snapped parking pawl?





Me either….

 

[Sad Sack]

The thing I was taught when I started driving back in the Cretaceous period was if you can take stress off your automatic transmission, do it by using the parking brake AKA emergency brake. And for the last 50 years that's what I do with all my cars. Ford owners found out real hard years ago because they relied on their transmissions to keep vehicle parked, and when people died things got looked at more closely...

 

[Radiohead]

No, but I've heard of them breaking the case when having too much pressure upon release. But that was a long time ago.

I am probably the only one I know that uses an emergency brake on every park. Gotta keep 'em limber or they quit working. Except that stupid grand caravan. I don't trust the seals on the calipers to not fail again, so it's truly an emergency brake only. Wasted money on the cable set, imo. Crappy Raybestos reman calipers..... grrr.

 

[DoubleDingo]

The thing I was taught when I started driving back in the Cretaceous period was if you can take stress off your automatic transmission, do it by using the parking brake AKA emergency brake. And for the last 50 years that's what I do with all my cars. Ford owners found out real hard years ago because they relied on their transmissions to keep vehicle parked, and when people died things got looked at more closely...

Same. I will put it in neutral and let it find the spot it'll quit rolling fore and aft, and then put in park. If no such "low spot" can be found, the e-brake is set to hold the vehicle, and then the transmission put in park.

 

[Rich84]

Does the e brake play any role in the adjustment of the brakes?

 

[DoubleDingo]

Years ago I was doing yard work, my elderly neighbor walked up and asked if I would help him tow his van, or get it moving again.

Drove over there with him, and the van started just fine. Shift lever wouldn't budge, and you could tell he had yanked on it pretty good trying to drive the van before abandoning it and walking home.

I got out, looked at the front tires, yep just I expected, one was smooshed and bulging out. He came in hot, rolled into the bump stop, hit the brakes, holding it tight against the bump stop, put the transmission in park, released the brake effectively locking the transmission in park.

I saw my front bumper height matched his rear bumper, so told him to guide me forward until the bumpers touched, then get in the van, start it, and I would push the van forward enough to release the pressure on the transmission, and then it should go into gear.

That life lesson right there is why I park all automatic transmission vehicles the way I described it in my previous post.

You guys don't have to. But I will continue to do what I do to take care of my personal stuff, as I do not flip cars like some do, I keep them.

 

[ChuckN]

But realistically the trans will hold the vehicle on about any slope carefully.
The % of parking brakes used is I’m sure really low overall.
The % of parking brakes used on old vehicles is abysmal.
Ever see a vehicle roll away from a snapped parking pawl?





Me either….

It’s true. At least in Michigan where I’m from, due to the salt and corrosion, my dad always taught me to never use the emergency brake unless it was…an emergency. Otherwise, you’d be stuck where you were because you’d never get it to release.

 

[Sad Sack]

Does the e brake play any role in the adjustment of the brakes?

Logic says no...but I'm wrong alot.

 

[DoubleDingo]

It’s true. At least in Michigan where I’m from, due to the salt and corrosion, my dad always taught me to never use the emergency brake unless it was…an emergency. Otherwise, you’d be stuck where you were because you’d never get it to release.

I guess if I lived in rust bucket areas I would alter my approach to keep all pressure off of the pawls.

 

[Sad Sack]

I guess if I lived in rust bucket areas I would alter my approach to keep all pressure off of the pawls.

Lived in this rust infected state all my life, never had an issue with e-brakes. Frequent use tends to keep things in a working condition.