Parking in gear with handbrake off

As a 4x4 instructor we always taught that the parking brake should be applied with the button pressed down to avoid wear on the pawl. However, the parking brake should not be applied until the vehicles was stopped and resting on the gear, either first or reverse. It should always be called the parking brake not the handbrake as it should only be used when parked or stationary. In addition when entering the vehicle the very first thing that you should do is to put your your foot on the footbrake this reduces the possibility of vehicle runaway if on a slope and the parking brake is not as good as it should be. Interestingly, on the latest Defender it is advised in the handbook that you should hear the clicks as you apply the parking brake.

John Channel

but does your book tell you what part of your transmission precudes it as hand brake unless been very careful

Translation please

which part of the transmission makes brake parking brake and not hand brake

the gear box locks two gears as a brake

on which lr does that happen

thats wats a auto box does when its put in park.Or thats wat i was led to believe

Why do people have to make things so complicated? You stop, you put the bloody thing in gear, then when the gear has the weight, you put the bloody parking brake on as a secondary safety device. End of.
TLC

just a question im i right or not do auto boxes lock to gears together

no autobox has castleated wheel on rear output shaft when you select park you can shear park wheel off ,tlc i was just wondering if you understood the reason why its park and not hand brake or just did as book said without understanding

Well come on then James enlighten us all :yawn:

because it acts on shaft with diff in the line ,if you put torque back throuigh diff the unbraked side can be reversed ie if you tow motor off in too low a gear wheels want to go in opposite directions ,worse on def than sreies as you have centre diff as well as rear

The original query was on a manual gearbox. Nobody mentioned Auto's

my last reply was about manual