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Old 03-12-2006, 11:37 PM
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Originally Posted by fay31
Why is it so bad if the tranny is what is holding it? You know emergency brakes also warp rotors. Granted some brakes also adjust by using the emergency brake, so there is some good too. I have never heard of any bad news from not using the emergency brake. I am interested to hear your thoughts.
It doesnt warp rotors... heat does that. It could warp them if you leave the parking brake on.

The parking brake saves the parking paw in the transmission... The paw was explained to me by my uncle as "a pin that slides into a hole in a gear, inside the transmission" everytime you park on an incline, that pin and the holes get warn. Think of how hard it is to force it out of park sometimes on an incline...

THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT A KICK STAND, AND YOUR PARKING BRAKE ISNT JUST FOR EMMERGENCYS
do a search, plz
~Nate
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