Hand braking in an awd

[Xionide]

So lets say you are in a awd car and you disengaged the clutch and then pulled the e-brake. Would this like totally fubar the awd transfer case?

 

[Sluggo]

No, not any different than slamming on the brakes (or breaks as the retarded crowd here calls them.)

 

[Xionide]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
No, not any different than slamming on the brakes (or breaks as the retarded crowd here calls them.)

But doesn't the e-brake stop just the rear wheels. And wouldn't that work against the front wheels?

 

[greenman100]

haha, the torque created from your e-brake is nowhere near the torque created by your engine.

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: Sluggo
No, not any different than slamming on the brakes (or breaks as the retarded crowd here calls them.)

But doesn't the e-brake stop just the rear wheels. And wouldn't that work against the front wheels?

You stated that the clutch was pushed in (or thats how I read it) so there are no forces working on the front wheels except momentum.

 

[RiDE]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: Sluggo
No, not any different than slamming on the brakes (or breaks as the retarded crowd here calls them.)

But doesn't the e-brake stop just the rear wheels. And wouldn't that work against the front wheels?

You stated that the clutch was pushed in (or thats how I read it) so there are no forces working on the front wheels except momentum.

The clutch is disengaged when the pedal is pushed.

 

[kami333]

Depends on the car.

For most cars it's going to cause stress on the diff and it will eventually fail, some cars like the Subaru Impreza WRX STi (has an electronically controlled center diff) are programmed to disconnect when the ebrake is pulled.

 

[DanFungus]

Originally posted by: RiDE

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: Xionide

Originally posted by: Sluggo
No, not any different than slamming on the brakes (or breaks as the retarded crowd here calls them.)

But doesn't the e-brake stop just the rear wheels. And wouldn't that work against the front wheels?

You stated that the clutch was pushed in (or thats how I read it) so there are no forces working on the front wheels except momentum.

The clutch is disengaged when the pedal is pushed.

but the center diff might not be

 

[feralkid]

Originally posted by: greenman100
haha, the torque created from your e-brake is nowhere near the torque created by your engine.

Torque created by brakes?

 

[greenman100]

Originally posted by: kami333
Depends on the car.

For most cars it's going to cause stress on the diff and it will eventually fail, some cars like the Subaru Impreza WRX STi (has an electronically controlled center diff) are programmed to disconnect when the ebrake is pulled.

are you serious?

you think an e-brake can exert over 200 ft/lbs of torque?

 

[greenman100]

Originally posted by: feralkid

Originally posted by: greenman100
haha, the torque created from your e-brake is nowhere near the torque created by your engine.

Torque created by brakes?

torque1 Audio pronunciation of "torque" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tôrk)
n.

1. The moment of a force; the measure of a force's tendency to produce torsion and rotation about an axis, equal to the vector product of the radius vector from the axis of rotation to the point of application of the force and the force vector.
2. A turning or twisting force.


the brakes create a frictional force that resists the intertia of the wheel/car. I suppose technically it's not a torque, but close enough

 

[Xionide]

Thanks for the new replies. I was thinking it would mess up the differential but what has been said in this thread and some others confirms it.