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Yeah that is the correct procedure. Posted by SWEDECAR [Email]  (#112)  [Profile/Gallery]
(more from SWEDECAR) on Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:57:57
In Reply to: sequencing use of the park brake - automatic, JohnA   [Profile/Gallery]
, Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:18:15
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One reason for doing this is to ease up the stress on the motormounts when parking up or down hill.
If you put the car in Park and then let the weight of the car rest on the drive line from wheels to transmission, you twist or stretch the motor mounts to their limit for hours on end and it will shorten the life of them from all that static stress.
I noticed it on my wifes Volvo 850 that uses an upper motor mount/torque stay. When parked on a little incline on our drive way with just Park engaged, that poor upper mount was stretched to the limit through the whole night, but when pulling the parking brake first and let the car roll back, using the brake shoes to hold the car and then engaging the shiftlever to Park, it was no extra stress put on that motor mount.
Also by leaving the weight of the car resting on the Parking pawl can make it difficult to get out of Park and the shiftlever might release with a clunk that some people think is a problem in the transmission.
Anders
, Sun, 12 Mar 2006 00:18:15, Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:57:57 <-- Viewing This Message, Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:02:28, Sun, 12 Mar 2006 09:18:46
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, Sun, 12 Mar 2006 08:07:55
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