ok, so my house is on a hill....good for drainage, bad for parking. Normally, I park the Jeep in the garage which is flat. Today, I had to run in the house for a second and parked it on the driveway, which is on a 45 degree angle (ish). I left it in 1st gear (it's a 6 spd), with the hand brake on. I thought I felt it lurch, so I got out and watched it for a minute. Sure enough, after a couple minutes, it rolled back about a half inch and then stopped again. I know the hand brake won't hold it at that angle, but seeing as how it was in gear, it shouldn't be rolling like that, should it? Thoughts?
Opie
Gear issue...I think
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ok, so my house is on a hill....good for drainage, bad for parking. Normally, I park the Jeep in the garage which is flat. Today, I had to run in the house for a second and parked it on the driveway, which is on a 45 degree angle (ish). I left it in 1st gear (it's a 6 spd), with the hand brake on. I thought I felt it lurch, so I got out and watched it for a minute. Sure enough, after a couple minutes, it rolled back about a half inch and then stopped again. I know the hand brake won't hold it at that angle, but seeing as how it was in gear, it shouldn't be rolling like that, should it? Thoughts?
Opie
Compression in the engine is being overcome by the weight of the Jeep. Get your parking brake fixed. -
Compression in the engine is being overcome by the weight of the Jeep. Get your parking brake fixed.X2, properly adjusted parking brakes should hold anything.
Are the rears drums or discs ?
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Compression in the engine is being overcome by the weight of the Jeep. Get your parking brake fixed.Or park in 4-Lo like I do.
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