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Can your handbrake hold all 4 wheels locked up on dirt.?

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Can your handbrake hold all 4 wheels locked up on dirt.?

Post by raptorthumper »

My Handbrake will hold me on any hill but even if i pull on it hard during a winch test it cant lock front and back wheels when in 4WD.

Is this normal.?
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Post by NutterGQ »

yeah its normal you have Nearly 3000kgs on 4 wheels against a pissy pair of shoes inside that drum being operated by a cable.
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Post by mkpatrol »

Your handbrake is only designed to meet a certain requirement.

In OZ it is to hold the vehicle WHILE IT IS STATIONARY on an 18 degree slope (ADR31/35).

It is designed for nothing more.
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Post by BIG GQ »

Have never had an issue with any GQ (I have owner 6 drive cars and one comp rig) if properly adjusted even on stupid hills.
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Post by twodiffs »

I wish it would. I need to remove the driveshaft so I can clean out the handbrake drum and adjust it...then it should be sweet.
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Post by chunderlicious »

i never touched mine and it held me on some rediculous hills on 2 traction wheels with lockers in. on a winch pull mine locked up a front and a rear wheel and pulled the car through the grass.
turbos are nice but i'd rather be blown
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