LOL...When I was in tech school years ago, I had an instructor that would dock our grade on the lab work if we ever called it an emergency brake (because there is no such thing in his mind.) To him, an emergency break was what a student would take when they were about to piss thier pants...LOL :B

d3500ram wrote:LOL...When I was in tech school years ago, I had an instructor that would dock our grade on the lab work if we ever called it an emergency brake (because there is no such thing in his mind.) To him, an emergency break was what a student would take when they were about to piss thier pants...LOL :BLol

Apparently he was too young to have ever driven a car with flakey single system brakes. I used the emergency brake several times, and it was not for parking. it was a last ditch attempt to get the blooming thing stopped! When we drove, you of the first things you learned was that anything could happen anytime, and most likely whenever you least expected it to. Now, a complete brake failure is an almost impossible thing to happen, but in our days, it was not unusual thing at all. Ane the emergency brake system was exactly that! Never used it for parking, to do that, you just turned the wheels toward the curb, or put the nose against a tree! That was a parking brake. Some of the smarter folks carried wheel chocks.

d3500ram wrote:LOL...When I was in tech school years ago, I had an instructor that would dock our grade on the lab work if we ever called it an emergency brake (because there is no such thing in his mind.) To him, an emergency break was what a student would take when they were about to piss thier pants...LOL :BWhat is it, an Emergency break, or emergency brake?

Isn't this like asking who has marker lights verses running lights verses parking lights?

The Mechanical brake that is installed on our Motor Home doesn't really seem to be anything but that. I really don't think it would stop the rig, and I certainly would'n depend on it to park on an extreme slope. It is connected behind the transmission on the drive shaft, and not to any of the actual wheel brakes. The old EMERGENCY brake systems were attached by cable to both of the rear wheels, and could easily lock up both, or either of them. Used them many times to slow a car without the brake lights coming on, especially if there was a police car behind me. BTW, they still work pretty good to get a tailgater off your backend, but it can get your rear end smashed also. Procedure is slow, downshift, gently raise brake handle, then drop handle and stomp the gas pedal to get out or the way. And if it is a new car and looks well insured, pull the handle again real quick and collect the insurance money. Note: beware nasty old farts driving beat up old cars with dents in the back.

Who's truck has a parking brake, who has an emergency break?

Tom_Anderson
Explorer
Apr 12, 2017
SidecarFlip wrote:
Popular thread about something I don't consider all that important.

I see you've found the equally popular toilet paper thread, which should meet your importance standards. ;)
jimh406
Explorer III
Apr 12, 2017
SidecarFlip wrote:
Popular thread about something I don't consider all that important.

Because ... people aren't camping much yet. :)
SidecarFlip
Explorer III
Apr 12, 2017
Popular thread about something I don't consider all that important.
Tom_Anderson
Explorer
Apr 12, 2017
Reddog1 wrote:
Tom_Anderson wrote:
jimh425 wrote:
Really though, there wouldn't be any reason to try to use a line lock to replace a parking brake. They serve two different purposes. Seems like a needless law.

Not necessarily true. My off-road (but "street legal") rig has a home-brew disk brake setup in the rear with no parking brake. So I use a line lock as a short-term "parking brake". Normally, though, parking in gear is sufficient to keep it from rolling away.

My off-road (but "street legal") Samurai has a home-brew disk brake setup in the rear which includes the parking brake with the OEM hand lever. I have no line lock.

You must not be as lazy as I am. ;)

The line lock on the rear is also pretty handy for doing front digs. :B
Reddog1
Explorer II
Apr 12, 2017
Tom_Anderson wrote:
jimh425 wrote:
Really though, there wouldn't be any reason to try to use a line lock to replace a parking brake. They serve two different purposes. Seems like a needless law.

Not necessarily true. My off-road (but "street legal") rig has a home-brew disk brake setup in the rear with no parking brake. So I use a line lock as a short-term "parking brake". Normally, though, parking in gear is sufficient to keep it from rolling away.

My off-road (but "street legal") Samurai has a home-brew disk brake setup in the rear which includes the parking brake with the OEM hand lever. I have no line lock.
Tom_Anderson
Explorer
Apr 12, 2017
jimh425 wrote:
Really though, there wouldn't be any reason to try to use a line lock to replace a parking brake. They serve two different purposes. Seems like a needless law.

Not necessarily true. My off-road (but "street legal") rig has a home-brew disk brake setup in the rear with no parking brake. So I use a line lock as a short-term "parking brake". Normally, though, parking in gear is sufficient to keep it from rolling away.
jimh406
Explorer III
Apr 12, 2017
Really though, there wouldn't be any reason to try to use a line lock to replace a parking brake. They serve two different purposes. Seems like a needless law.
Reddog1
Explorer II
Apr 12, 2017
I should have been more detailed. A line lock cannot be used to replace a Parking brake. The reason being that if the hydraulic brakes fail, you can stop using the parking brake. I can't provide a source for this, but it is a major concern when converting drum brakes to disc.
d3500ram
Explorer III
Apr 12, 2017
... brake line locks illegal in california? ...

This beast has a line lock:

The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon is an absolute beast
tattoobob
Explorer
Apr 08, 2017
Emergency Break = Automatic
Parking Break = Standard

IMO

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