Exhaust brake service
Does anyone besides me run the exhaust brake most of the time except on the open highway when not towing? DW says the salesman said only use it in the mountains or when using tow/haul. Does it create ...
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msam wrote:
My after market EB on my old 05 didn't work nearly as smoothly as the new one with the 6 speed.
The '05 had a actual exhaust brake that Cummins said to have around 180 horse power for braking.
Your '14 Ram uses the turbo (VGT) as a exhaust brake which Cummins says has around 240 hp for braking. Lot better braking performance.
I have the Jacobs EB on my '03 HPCR Cummins with 260k miles and no issue or wear from using it all the time. I have the T handle EB switch on top of the NV5600 shifter....it stays on all the time.
I've noticed on a couple of haulers forums some of the guys with early 6.7 engines are going over 350k-400k with no wear issues from the VGT system on all the time.
