parking brake use

[Trashman]

Okay but isn't that what a Parking Pawl is for? I'd be more concerned about rolling & having a dual system in place makes that situation good piece of mind to never happen. Once the parking break was put on the amount of pressure on the transmission would be less? To each their own I suppose? Thanks for your thoughts.

If he is like me, he sets the parking brake, puts the transmission in neutral, takes his foot off of the brake pedal to let the weight of the vehicle settle onto the parking brake, then reapply the brake pedal and shift into park. So the parking brake is holding the vehicle and the transmission is in park as a fail-safe.

 

[fantastic]

I would rather have to replace brake pads or e-brake shoes over pulling a transmission and tearing it down to replace a tiny arm.

I'd rather not have my car roll away...? J/K

Not very common? Even our F-series trucks are pretty stout. Putting the e-brake on & then releasing the brake pedal, then reapply to put it in park/1st wouldn't put much strain on it.

 

[Just a civilian pilot]

I always use my park brake ( manual and automatic ) but I recently had the park brake stick on because a leak in the park brake cable caused it to seize when water got in and below freezing. Had to replace the park brake cable.

I plan to keep using the park brake given first time I have ever had this problem.

 

[Opelman]

I set it in neutral and let the vehicle settle so all the load is on the parking brake and not the parking prawl in the transmissionmission.

Don't forget that on an incline, the engine/transmission mounts can be put under load if only the park position is used. Wet drum brakes at the wheel end can freeze to the drums. Worse yet, leave them a week or two and rust can set in and really stick the pads. Just be aware of your set of conditions when you park.

 

[Donald]

I never use it.
Mine doesn't work

I suggest to use it once a month. One the first of the month if you remember. I seldom use it but in some states a working parking brake is part of yearly state inspection.

And if your brakes fail for some reason then having a working parking brake is a helpful backup.

 

[tbm3fan]

I always use my parking break besides having the manual set in reverse. Vintage cars I wouldn't trust the little tang in the transmissions so their brakes are always set even though all are on flat ground. My wife, OTOH, never sets the brake in her Mazda 3 which is an electric brake. maybe that is it since all my cars require a pull or a step to set the brake.

 

[JunkdrawerDog]

Had a nightmare experience with a frozen parking brake cable back in '72. Lying under the truck, in the snow, with a little propane torch trying to thaw the cable. I'd start at one end and by the time I got to the other, the previous end would be frozen again. Never used one since. Just put it in 1st gear or PARK. I know they're electronic now but who knows. My electrons might freeze.