Using the parking brake
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Originally Posted By: OneEyeJack
The parking brake on the 4Runner in my sig is useless.
Certain parking brake in hat designs don't allow for automatic adjustment. The friction material should last for the life of the vehicle as it's not worn down to stop the vehicle, just to hold it.
But GM's design...
I had to manually adjust it a couple of times and replace a hold down bracket because they are known to drop out of place and wear on the bottom part of the shoe assembly.
The parking brake on the 4Runner in my sig is useless.
Certain parking brake in hat designs don't allow for automatic adjustment. The friction material should last for the life of the vehicle as it's not worn down to stop the vehicle, just to hold it.
But GM's design...
Every single time for me. Takes, what.. an extra second to do it?
Personally I don't like using the parking brake as it binds the hot rotors resulting in warping, as a policy I try to park on a flat surface. If I cannot find one then I engage it so that the vehicle load is not on the transmission.
For the most part parking after the day is in the out on my driveway.
To not have to engage the parking brake, I have never owned home which doesn't have a flat driveway!!!
For the most part parking after the day is in the out on my driveway.
To not have to engage the parking brake, I have never owned home which doesn't have a flat driveway!!!
I like to use the hand brake in the A6 in the winter to get a bit squirrely, and the kids think it's fun. In an empty parking lot, of course.
I only use the parking brake for parking reasons when on a steep enough incline that I feel the pawl will be under enough pressure that it will be difficult to shift out of park. In my life that's typically 3 specific places that we go.
I only use the parking brake for parking reasons when on a steep enough incline that I feel the pawl will be under enough pressure that it will be difficult to shift out of park. In my life that's typically 3 specific places that we go.
All the time. My CR-V's owner's manual actually called for using it always whenever it was parked. The Traverse seems to have a fair amount of slack in park and it can roll an uncomfortable amount if I don't apply the parking brake.
Originally Posted By: Nyati
My wife sets it every time. Drives me nuts.
I set it every time. Drives my wife nuts.
My wife sets it every time. Drives me nuts.
I set it every time. Drives my wife nuts.
Originally Posted By: Pop_Rivit
If a vehicle is on a reasonably flat surface I don't use it. There's simply no good reason to do so. If it's parked on a hill then I'll use the parking brake.
This is the common sense approach.
No need to use the mechanical brake on anything other than a fairly steep grade.
An auto is fine in park while a stick is good in first or reverse.
OTOH, it is a good idea to play with the thing now and then, lest it get stuck engaged when you want to release it after really needing to use it.
Years of disuse are more harmful than constant use.
If a vehicle is on a reasonably flat surface I don't use it. There's simply no good reason to do so. If it's parked on a hill then I'll use the parking brake.
This is the common sense approach.
No need to use the mechanical brake on anything other than a fairly steep grade.
An auto is fine in park while a stick is good in first or reverse.
OTOH, it is a good idea to play with the thing now and then, lest it get stuck engaged when you want to release it after really needing to use it.
Years of disuse are more harmful than constant use.
Originally Posted By: Nick1994
I use it in my car, but only on unlevel surfaces. In the garage I don't use it, but in a parking lot or the driveway with a slant I do use it.
Ditto
I use it in my car, but only on unlevel surfaces. In the garage I don't use it, but in a parking lot or the driveway with a slant I do use it.
Ditto
Just had my 2300 roll out of the driveway this week; jumped in to start it up, I usually have the P.B set. Got out to get something in my car and about 15 seconds later, i hear a bunch of crashing. I turn around and the thing is rolling down the driveway, door open, across the street onto my neighbor's lawn, does a 90 degree turn and hits a bush. Damage? One scratched mailbox, 1 dented arborvitae, a hyperextended and buckled door because the door hit my stone wall (getting fixed on 1-jul) and a bruised ego.
I generally am careful; it is just one of those $h!+ happens things.
I generally am careful; it is just one of those $h!+ happens things.
Originally Posted By: Shannow
I can't come up with a single logical reason not to use it every time, regardless.
Yep, same here.
I can't come up with a single logical reason not to use it every time, regardless.
Yep, same here.
Originally Posted By: bvance554
Every time i park. That is why its called a parking brake.
I'm from the real old school, I call it an emergency brake.
Never bother with it for parking.
Every time i park. That is why its called a parking brake.
I'm from the real old school, I call it an emergency brake.
Never bother with it for parking.
Originally Posted By: SeaJay
Originally Posted By: bvance554
Every time i park. That is why its called a parking brake.
I'm from the real old school, I call it an emergency brake.
Never bother with it for parking.
Actually, now that we are in terminology, in Austrlia it's the "handbrake".
Useful for a "handbrake turn", but now that we are in semantics, it's a brake applied with the action of the hand.
Whether braking, parking, or ensuring that the vehicle stays stopped, the application of the local vernacular isn't a reason not to use it.
Originally Posted By: bvance554
Every time i park. That is why its called a parking brake.
I'm from the real old school, I call it an emergency brake.
Never bother with it for parking.
Actually, now that we are in terminology, in Austrlia it's the "handbrake".
Useful for a "handbrake turn", but now that we are in semantics, it's a brake applied with the action of the hand.
Whether braking, parking, or ensuring that the vehicle stays stopped, the application of the local vernacular isn't a reason not to use it.
My parking brake is applied with my foot.
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