Aaron
Mon May 27th, 2013, 03:57 AM
Obviously this is geared more for cars.
Parking brakes (Or emergency brakes). Use them, every time you park. And make sure it's adjusted to the point where it doesn't drag when off, but is strong enough to hold the car, on its own, no matter the road angle. The law requires you to use your e-brake when parking by the way.
When we park a manual trans car, we should leave it in gear. Prior to releasing the clutch, we should engage the parking brake, stop the engine, then release the clutch. Parking the vehicle in gear without the e-brake does 2 things, both bad. First, it loads the entire driveline, which over time will create slack. Picture two meshing gears. We want the gears to engage each other tightly, other wise we introduce "shock loading" to the gears, which is like a slippery slope as slack causes more slack, and increases the likihood of a part breaking due to the non-progressive loading. Parking without the e-brake also challenges the clutch with holding the cars's entire weight from moving. Clutches are expensive, hard to rescue, and as we all know can and do slip.
The automatic trans adds another system that hates shocklading. To park place the vehicle in park with your foot on the brake, engage parking brake, shut off engine, and release brakes.
When leaving, start the engine, apply brakes, disengage e-brake, put vehicle in gear.
Parking brakes (Or emergency brakes). Use them, every time you park. And make sure it's adjusted to the point where it doesn't drag when off, but is strong enough to hold the car, on its own, no matter the road angle. The law requires you to use your e-brake when parking by the way.
When we park a manual trans car, we should leave it in gear. Prior to releasing the clutch, we should engage the parking brake, stop the engine, then release the clutch. Parking the vehicle in gear without the e-brake does 2 things, both bad. First, it loads the entire driveline, which over time will create slack. Picture two meshing gears. We want the gears to engage each other tightly, other wise we introduce "shock loading" to the gears, which is like a slippery slope as slack causes more slack, and increases the likihood of a part breaking due to the non-progressive loading. Parking without the e-brake also challenges the clutch with holding the cars's entire weight from moving. Clutches are expensive, hard to rescue, and as we all know can and do slip.
The automatic trans adds another system that hates shocklading. To park place the vehicle in park with your foot on the brake, engage parking brake, shut off engine, and release brakes.
When leaving, start the engine, apply brakes, disengage e-brake, put vehicle in gear.