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Driving With Handbrake On
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 12:56 pm
by Cal
As the title says..........
Coming home from the club meeting last night I only realised when I was near home (15km trip) that I'd left the handbrake on.
There wasnt any noticeable drag when I was driving, so it was hard to tell. Though I could sure smell it when I got home.
Apart from my pride, would I have damaged anything?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:08 pm
by Devilrod
Not really, but you may need to adjust the rear brakes as they are likely to have worn down a little.....
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 1:27 pm
by Cal
Thanks Devilrod...
The handbrake wasn't at it's best before the episode.
Now it's got no handbrake at all
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 4:56 pm
by FB MAD
Cal wrote:Thanks Devilrod...
The handbrake wasn't at it's best before the episode.
Now it's got no handbrake at all
Keep a house brick on the floor in the car ................
It'll work better than the Holden hand brake.......
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:12 pm
by parisian62
Terry - Is the housebrick to match the Nasco bonnet holderupperer?
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 7:18 pm
by Cal
Don't worry, I use a brick as a chock on my sloped driveway
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:20 pm
by FB MAD
parisian62 wrote:Terry - Is the housebrick to match the Nasco bonnet holderupperer?
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm............................
lets see....................GMH part number 3703425 Clay based NASCO Handbrake Holderonerer.
Reckon I could make a killin' with that one on the Ebay fools!!
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:02 pm
by reddo
Yo....
I find an "inlne" floor shifter ( impala shift) that has been poorly adjusted provides a perfect handbrake.
Ripping the shifter from first to second gear....Not quite out of first while it is selecting second gear... end result..??... gearbox gets all confused...locks up and ya skid to a stop...... or... gearbox explodes.
Leaving the handbrake on and driving .. especially at night.. yup.. i think we are all guilty of it at some stage. Brake shoes glazed !!!... whip the drums off and give the shoes a good scuff up.. hey.. it works .. sometimes.
I know they are rare but .. an EH Prem "Handbrake on" red flashing lamp mounted through the dashdown near the handbrake lever would be a wise installation
Reddo
Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:37 pm
by Devilrod
Or park on flat ground and have an auto and only ever put it in park
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:16 pm
by Pete
Or you could a FB as a chock
Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:15 pm
by dave68
Pete wrote:Or you could a FB as a chock
Cold!
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:30 am
by FB MAD
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:21 pm
by dave68
Unlike others on this forum I like both EKs and FBs.....
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:39 pm
by EKjimmy
same bloody thing as far as im concerned. one's just got silly vacuum wipers
