Reply With QuoteCare to elaborate a tad more?Originally Posted by Defender=1st
Can you hurt anything if you Drive with the handbrake 'ON' on a Defender as isnt it a different system to a normal handbrake that just locks the wheels ??
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Regards Adrian
Care to elaborate a tad more?
ForumSage
I did that. It cooks the pads. You will find the brake will need adjusting afterwards.
Sorry. isnt Defender Handbrake a different system to a normal car handbrake ?? i thought it could hurt/Strain your transmssion or something (sorry if iam not making much sense)
Hehe... No your not!
Why would you want to drive with the brake on?
Brakes is brakes.. Driving with them on will strain everything!
if you accidentally left it on and tried to drive what would you hurt/strain ?? and would it be different for a defferent type of car cause isnt the Defender handbraking system different ?
RoverLord
well to start with you'll kill the handbrake...
if youve got the auto you'll likely cook that too.
If your handbrake lever is all the way down and the little P idiot light on then its just a busted sensor.
IF youvedone it and your lucky all you'll need is an adjustment.
If youve done it and your unluckly all you'll need is new shoes, a new drum and a new output seal on the tcase rear output.
Dave
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Defender , disco , and rangerover well the classics any way all use transmission hand brake it sits on the rear of your transfer case connects to the rear tail shaft
Last edited by rangieman; 27th August 2007 at 09:49 PM.
RoverLord
1. Running any vehicle with the handbrake on is going to overheat and wear the brake that is on, and possibly cause overheating of the engine or automatic transmission in some circumstances.
2. Because like most Landrovers the Defender has a transmission handbrake, the foot brake will not be affected, so your service brakes are not damaged.
3. Because the heat is generated right at the transfer case, this may be damaged by the heat where it would not if the parking brake operated on the wheels.
4. depending how hard it is on, and how long you keep at it, you could well expect to need new drum and shoes, and possibly the transfer case output seal as well.
5. A completely separate issue is that because the transmission brake operates through the drive train, there have been cases reported of transmission damage where the handbrake is applied very suddenly and the taking up of the transmission slack has resulted in broken drive line components. For this to happen you would need both a lot of slack in the transmission and very insensitive use of the handbrake. I have heard of the handbrake backing plate coming off the transfer case, but for this to happen there would have to be loose, worn or missing bolts.
John
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