Front-end shimmy comming down the mountain
New to fifth wheel hauling here and experiencing front end shimmy when braking at normal highway speeds (45-60mph) going downhill and hauling. I am hauling a 2013 Dutchman Voltage 3 axle with a 2013 C...
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Cummins12V98 wrote:Water-Bug wrote:Cummins12V98 wrote:
Op use your exhaust brake and down shift to the same gear you came up a similar hill. You should rarely need to touch your brakes. 28+K here combined and it is rare I touch the service brakes descending a grade.
The instructions have already been posted
And you just did again.
OOPS I did it again. :R
only way to use the same gear in a Chev/GMC automatic (allison) is to place the trans in 'manual' mode. The trans will then stay in the selected gear until you select another or go back to 'auto'. When the trans is in the 'manual' mode the exhaust brake does not function. Maybe it works different on dodges.
