On Tue, 01 Jun 2004 23:58:21 -0400, "Elmo P. Shagnasty"
<elmop@nastydesigns.com> wrote:
>> >Put the car into neutral, engage the parking brake, take your foot off
>> >the brake, and let the car settle into being held by the parking brake.
>>
>> Somewhere in here, we expect the car will come to a full stop?
>
>I said to put the car into neutral, engage the parking brake, then take
>your foot off the brake. The car is in neutral, so the engine isn't
>driving it; the only thing driving it would be gravity.
>
>The mass of the car will settle into the parking brake, such that the
>parking brake takes up the strain--as it is designed to do.
>
>With the parking brake taking up the strain of the mass of the car, then
>take the transmission out of neutral and into park.
>
>This way, the parking pawl is not taking the strain of the mass of the
>car being pulled by gravity. The parking pawl becomes a backup, should
>the parking brake fail.
>
>So where in there didn't you read that the car comes to a stop? What
>part of "let the car settle into being held by the parking brake" didn't
>you understand?

Just wondering if I should begin the sequence with the car moving over
55mph.

J.