Gdetrailer wrote:
KD4UPL wrote:
On my Chevy I find it very predictable, almost helpful really. I can look at how far the hitch is from the coupler and estimate how many teeth I need to move the parking paw on the flywheel. It's pretty easy to do 1 tooth at a time.
If your Parking brake is working AND you USE IT you will never ever "need" to count or "estimate" how many "teeth" on the parking pawl in the transmission to use.
I would HATE to buy a vehicle that you have done this to, you are creating unnecessary wear and tear to a rather expensive transmission..
Parking brakes are dirt cheap compared to a $2K-3K transmission repair.
Not to mention, some of the "motion" which the OP is complaining about COMES from the Parking Pawl..
Setting the parking brake stops ALL motion from the gears in the axle to the parking pawl, it reduces the wear and strain on the transmission.
I was taught many years ago when I started to drive to USE the parking brake, EVERY TIME..
On hills setting the parking brake WILL prevent the entire vehicle weight being put on the parking pawl (this prevents the pawl from getting jammed in park when on a hill)..
If you have ever had the experience of having your gear selector STUCK in park on a steep hill by not setting the parking brake.. You WILL learn to do that only once.. Rather difficult to PUSH the vehicle UP HILL in order to free the parking pawl..
I guess I didn't explain myself very well. I don't need the parking brake because it's easy to know how far the truck will move on level ground. If I'm 2 inches from the ball I know that's about 2 spots on the flywheel. I'm very careful with my truck and not damaging a thing. The trans has 214,000 flawless miles on it and the last time it was serviced the tech remarked how clean the pan was.
