1997 Subaru Legacy. 323,087 miles (as of parking it after work today) and the ratcheting mechanism still works just fine
“Looking at my car here you can see the grime of peoples hair sticking into my hand brake”
“mmmmm, like going with loads of lube, this, ‘errrittt,’ no lube.
When was this ever a thing anyway ? In most of Europe not pushing the button when pulling the handbrake is when you get taught in the first place ; do many ppl do that in the US ?
Finally this is cleared up once and for all and I finally know!!! Whew! Thanks man!!!
I know this sounds like a smart a** comment and perhaps it is, but to be accurate, heat doesn’t cause wear rather force and heat combined. The radiator heats up, the engine block heats up and so does the exhaust header but they won’t wear out like the piston rings or brake pads due to the lack of force. In this case force is applied but it’s not combined with heat, so in this specific case that’s the missing factor, true.
BAM brake disc out of nowhere
You’re saying that not pressing the button while pulling the handbrake does not cause any tear on the handbrake. Will the opposite (i.e. pressing the button while pulling the handbrake) have any tear effects?
allow me correct my earlier view: the handbrake cable does not use a system of pulleys. the cracking sound you hear ,and feel,,when you pull up the handbrake without pressing the button, is the sound of the ratchet latching mechanism working. the button is a release, making the pulling up a lot smoother. The vibrations caused by not using the button, will directly affect the cable’s integrity, causing it to snap prematurely, as well as wear out the latching (locking) mechanism. it is still literally a ‘’fly-by-wire’’ system for a car.
Again it really is not a fly by wire as for the literal part I also suggest you look up the word literal as there is no wire nor are we flying
Hi It’s nothing to do with the ratchet, it’s to do with applying more pressure when not using the button as you can not feel anything , thus unintentionally causing extra tension and causing the cable to stretch sooner.
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1997 Subaru Legacy. 323,087 miles (as of parking it after work today) and the ratcheting mechanism still works just fine
“Looking at my car here you can see the grime of peoples hair sticking into my hand brake”
“mmmmm, like going with loads of lube, this, ‘errrittt,’ no lube.
When was this ever a thing anyway ? In most of Europe not pushing the button when pulling the handbrake is when you get taught in the first place ; do many ppl do that in the US ?
Finally this is cleared up once and for all and I finally know!!! Whew! Thanks man!!!
I know this sounds like a smart a** comment and perhaps it is, but to be accurate, heat doesn’t cause wear rather force and heat combined. The radiator heats up, the engine block heats up and so does the exhaust header but they won’t wear out like the piston rings or brake pads due to the lack of force. In this case force is applied but it’s not combined with heat, so in this specific case that’s the missing factor, true.
BAM brake disc out of nowhere
You’re saying that not pressing the button while pulling the handbrake does not cause any tear on the handbrake. Will the opposite (i.e. pressing the button while pulling the handbrake) have any tear effects?
allow me correct my earlier view: the handbrake cable does not use a system of pulleys. the cracking sound you hear ,and feel,,when you pull up the handbrake without pressing the button, is the sound of the ratchet latching mechanism working. the button is a release, making the pulling up a lot smoother. The vibrations caused by not using the button, will directly affect the cable’s integrity, causing it to snap prematurely, as well as wear out the latching (locking) mechanism. it is still literally a ‘’fly-by-wire’’ system for a car.
Again it really is not a fly by wire as for the literal part I also suggest you look up the word literal as there is no wire nor are we flying
Hi
It’s nothing to do with the ratchet, it’s to do with applying more pressure when not using the button as you can not feel anything , thus unintentionally causing extra tension and causing the cable to stretch sooner.