What to do without parking brake
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Bounty__Hunter
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Sometimes it's not enough on a really steep hill, as the weight of the jeep will actually cause the engine to turn over and the jeep to roll. I've found that having it in 4lo will help minimize this.
Turbogus
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Let me yarn a lil story. Mind you this wasn't a Jeep, but years ago (back in the early '80's) I had a '72 240z.
This things' parking brake was out of adjustment too. I was doing laundry up at my folk's place 'cause in my first apartment there were no laundry facilities. Anyway the folk's driveway at the top had a slight grade to it, but the other half nearest the street was rather steep, about a 30 yd span overall as I recall.
So it was, I always left the 240z in gear as I knew the parking brake had an issue (that I should've gotten fixed). I had just unloaded the last basket of laundy out of the hatchback and was heading to the washer in the gagage when I heard a muffled "clunk". I turned to see my 240z rolling down the driveway. Running to try to dive in the back to do what I could, I missed but my sleeve got caught as it dragged me across the street. Hopping the curb at a good amount of speed my 240 smashed into my neighbors' house. Fortunately the damage was minimal as the nose of the 240z crumpled up so short as to make this look like a Triumph.
Sheepishly knocking on the door my neighbor came out and looked at the scene. He mentioned he was a day sleeper that worked graveyard shift and he thought the "bang crunch" sound he heard was just a dream. Things worked out okay as he was going to be replacing the siding of his house soon anyway, and the body shop did an excellent job of repairing the body and frame of the 240z. Since then if my rig has any safety issues I park it until I fix it, or have it fixed.
So it was, I always left the 240z in gear as I knew the parking brake had an issue (that I should've gotten fixed). I had just unloaded the last basket of laundy out of the hatchback and was heading to the washer in the gagage when I heard a muffled "clunk". I turned to see my 240z rolling down the driveway. Running to try to dive in the back to do what I could, I missed but my sleeve got caught as it dragged me across the street. Hopping the curb at a good amount of speed my 240 smashed into my neighbors' house. Fortunately the damage was minimal as the nose of the 240z crumpled up so short as to make this look like a Triumph.
Sheepishly knocking on the door my neighbor came out and looked at the scene. He mentioned he was a day sleeper that worked graveyard shift and he thought the "bang crunch" sound he heard was just a dream. Things worked out okay as he was going to be replacing the siding of his house soon anyway, and the body shop did an excellent job of repairing the body and frame of the 240z. Since then if my rig has any safety issues I park it until I fix it, or have it fixed.
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Turbogus
Active member
You won't pass a state inspection without an emergency brake right?
Jesse
New member
Fair enough.
This is what you're talking about, right? http://www.cherokeeforum.com/attach...brake-adjustment-cherokee-under-truck-002.jpgNote, that's not my Jeep.
