Hard to get out of park on a hill
#1
Melting Slicks
Thread Starter
Hard to get out of park on a hill
1981 th350.
Vette is becoming increasingly difficult to get out of park when on an incline with the nose pointing uphill. Shifter works great on flat road.
I know there will be some resistance when there is load on the rear wheels but this is getting bad. Parked on a steep hill today and had to have a guy push on the car to get enough load off the park cog to get into gear.
Linkage? Something internal? Any suggestion on where to start looking appreciated.
Vette is becoming increasingly difficult to get out of park when on an incline with the nose pointing uphill. Shifter works great on flat road.
I know there will be some resistance when there is load on the rear wheels but this is getting bad. Parked on a steep hill today and had to have a guy push on the car to get enough load off the park cog to get into gear.
Linkage? Something internal? Any suggestion on where to start looking appreciated.
#2
Team Owner
Repair the parking brakes. Then they can hold the car instead of the park-pawl. One of these days, you will park on too steep of a hill...and the park pawl will break. At that time, you will HAVE to fix the parking brakes. Why not do that BEFORE the park pawl breaks?
#3
torque lock.matter of time before you break the pawl.when parking set your parking brake while trans is in neutral. when car settles then put in park.no stress on pawl. after starting car put car in neutral FIRST,then release parking brake,then select trans gear of your choice. do this every time
#4
Melting Slicks
torque lock.matter of time before you break the pawl.when parking set your parking brake while trans is in neutral. when car settles then put in park.no stress on pawl. after starting car put car in neutral FIRST,then release parking brake,then select trans gear of your choice. do this every time
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torque lock.matter of time before you break the pawl.when parking set your parking brake while trans is in neutral. when car settles then put in park.no stress on pawl. after starting car put car in neutral FIRST,then release parking brake,then select trans gear of your choice. do this every time
#7
Melting Slicks
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Thanks to all.
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#9
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We're not "judging"; we're trying to "educate".