Lost my Brakes Yesterday

[Jim]

Originally Posted by dareutwo

Been there, done that.
Unfortunately, this also kills your power steering pump. Good luck steering if your vehicle is over 2k lbs.

Still suggesting you use the parking brake. However, Bill is correct on using the engine, downshift 3 2 1 in addition to the parking brake.

Not exactly sure as to what I did, it was on instinct as I flew through an intersection at about 40 mph.

My truck weighs 12k pounds. The disk breaks are the size of garbage can lids. There really isn't any trick to stop it.

[MrYum]

Originally Posted by Jim

My truck weighs 12k pounds. The disk breaks are the size of garbage can lids. There really isn't any trick to stop it.

Egads Jim! I thought my truck was a heavy beast!

What the heck are you driving...and does it say Peterbilt on the side of it??? lol