NOOOOO!! emergency brake.

[AZ79K5Project]

They survived. They were wearing the seatbelts. They got banged up a bit. (According to the news that reported it)

As far as the e brake - If you are in 4 wheel drive - you'll get some brake applied through the drive train to at least one front wheel.

 

[Blue85]

The parking brake is really the #1 feature of the drum brakes. The disc-based parking brakes are less reliable. At minimum, you have to use it fairly often.

I worried about this problem for a while and then realized that over the years I had owned the truck, I had never used the parking brake (although it did work). Using one to stop a vehicle is a risky proposition and that's not what its there for. This is why the manufacturers call it "parking brake". It's for legal reasons, just like how the "firewall" is now called "front-of-dash".

With an automatic, you put stress on the parking pawl to use it on a hill, but you have the mechanical advantage of the differential to help. If you really need holding power, lock the front hubs and shift to 4LO. This gives additional mechanical advantage and spreads the force out. Even if a driveshaft breaks while you are parked (which seems really unlikely), the other end of the vehicle still holds.

 

[CDA 455]

Man, did you notice the driver eating that steering wheel upon impact ?!!

 

[CDA 455]

What about when you put it in park and feel yourself role back a few inches? Doesn't that put a lot of stress on the tranny. I guess most just try to find flat spots as well?

That's why I like curbs.

Roll the vehicle up against it while in neutral until it's resting and then put it in park .

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

Hijack on

I swapped in a 14Bff into my 88 k5 Can someone help me figure out the ebrake setup with the drum?

Hijack off

 

[chevysmithz71]

When I swapped mine I got it off a 1 ton truck so, the lines were way to long.
I just took the lines from my stock 12 bolt and switched them out onto the 14FF. After I did all that Im sure I will be going to disc soon though.
Dont forget about the spring perches are different too.

 

[ssped]

There is no way they had it in 1st gear low range. Probably some inexperience going on there. And I heard they were banged up but ok after that incident.

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

I have already had my truck 3/4 toned awhile ago I just need to hook up my ebrake

 

[chevysmithz71]

So, what's the question? Hook it up

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

I need to run new e-brake cable all around and was wondering if I but new cable for a stock 10B or should I buy for a stock 12B or what???

 

[chevysmithz71]

Pretty sure they would be the same thing. Even the length should be the same.

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

the 10B cables or 12B?

 

[Chrisblazzer89]

Ttt

 

[K5Greek]

i need a ebrake too.. so a 12b ebrake cable should work with a 14b?

 

[BGKYK5]

Uh, yeah. I need an e-brake cable too. The guy I bought the truck from said the 10b cable wouldn't work with the 14bff, but he may have just cut the cable without even trying it. He said to look for a 3/4 ton sub cable. Does that sound right? I would think a sub cable would be much to long for a K5.