Drum brake Gurus, please come inside.

[haks310]

lol yeah don't worry, I am the same, always put the parking brake on no matter what.

 

[992dr]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the info.
I havent been able to take any shots yet, its been raining for 3 days off and on.

haks,
Lol, I thought I was the only one who uses the parking brake whenever I park my Hoe, hah.

 

[retorq]

I dont know why, I had always thought it was bad for the truck to roll on the tranny, especially if parked on an incline or decline.

Parking gear inside your tranny is a physical bar/gear setup. There isn't anything that's going to 'slip' once its engaged. Unless of course you have a manual tranny, then there is no parking gear and it can slip.

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FYI

This is what the Haynes Repair Manual mentions about self adjusters...

"Back the vehicle up, making repeated stops, to actuate the self-adjusters, which work only when the vehicle is in reverse."

Interesting .....

 

[992dr]

retorq,
What I'm refering to is when you park on an incline or decline. If you put your truck in park while on an incline and let off of the brakes it will roll a little bit. Then, when you try to put it back in gear it is a little harder to do so and it tends to clunk into gear.

Here's those pics, a little late but better late than never hah.

 

[Pflug]

Of course it's probably more secure having the park pawl locked fully in place on an incline rather than having that little bit of slack

 

[AtomicHoe094]

Parking gear inside your tranny is a physical bar/gear setup. There isn't anything that's going to 'slip' once its engaged. Unless of course you have a manual tranny, then there is no parking gear and it can slip.

my uncles GTO was parked on an incline before and it jumped out of park or whatever happened and ran over my grandpa.... im not sure if new cars are any safer then the olds but i hope soo! lol

and i was told like TTwin that it only adjusts in reverse too. But shit my rear brakes dont even work. i need a new proportioning valve. and those rear disc brakes will soon help too once i install them,