Re: [MBZ] OT: Diagnosis: Its a dirty old Dodge
I need it to work to pass state mandated inspection, I've just never paid attention to how much it has to work. I think its just enough to flex the suspension some... -Curt On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 7:55:23 PM EST, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Curt Raymond via Mercedes writes: > The truck can still drive ahead pretty well with the brake on but I > think that's probably a function of gearing and a 390HP engine... Engine is always stronger than the parking brake in all the cars I've owned. I've caught myself driving several blocks from the house with the parking brake still on. It's less noticable than you might think. Parking brake is just to keep the car from rolling by gravity. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Diagnosis: Its a dirty old Dodge
On 2020-12-15 19:54, Allan Streib via Mercedes wrote: Engine is always stronger than the parking brake in all the cars I've owned. I've caught myself driving several blocks from the house with the parking brake still on. It's less noticable than you might think. Parking/emergency brakes should be able to skid the wheels. The handbrake on my Saab 99 could, and it worked the front wheels. Probably less than 60 yards for 60-0 on handbrake. Girling front brakes, parking brake used the same pads as service brakes. My Saturn Ion has rear drum service brakes, so the parking brake is just mechanical application of the service brakes. If you try to drive with the brake on, you feel the back end drop (first gear) or rise (reverse) when you start to let the clutch out. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT: Diagnosis: Its a dirty old Dodge
Curt Raymond via Mercedes writes: > The truck can still drive ahead pretty well with the brake on but I > think that's probably a function of gearing and a 390HP engine... Engine is always stronger than the parking brake in all the cars I've owned. I've caught myself driving several blocks from the house with the parking brake still on. It's less noticable than you might think. Parking brake is just to keep the car from rolling by gravity. Allan ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT: Diagnosis: Its a dirty old Dodge
2010 Dodge 1500 needs rear brakes, I should have done them when I did the front last summer.I'd forgotten that American cars had drum parking brakes and of course when I took it apart (Sunday, again of course) the park brake shoes just fell to pieces. Ugh. Autozone claimed to have them in stock but when I got there the shoes weren't. I managed to get them yesterday and dug into it today.Overall its not a bad job but very different from a German car. I don't like how the caliper pins work and on the driver's side I had a heck of a time getting the caliper back in because the bellows were in the wrong place and stiff enough I didn't realize they could slide. Now with it all assembled I'm in parking brake adjustment hell. I've never done it before and of course I've never really tested how well the thing holds before either. I definitely got the driver's side too stiff, I couldn't turn the wheel at all by hand, so I backed that off a little. The truck can still drive ahead pretty well with the brake on but I think that's probably a function of gearing and a 390HP engine... I got too cold and stiff tonight, tomorrow I'll put it back on jackstands and try again. -Curt ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
