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d3500ram
Explorer III
Apr 06, 2017

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

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 h...
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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.

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