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mcarter ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
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You are spot on. My owners manual makes no mention of downshifting. Prudence and common sense prevail. The Glueguy analogy is a good one. I have towed for years I don't make a habit of downshifting autos, just me. But agree circumstances prevail.
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lostagain ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
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I downshift all the time with my Dakota to avoid over speeding down hill. All the down shifting is done well in anticipation of the need for braking and without over reving the engine or going from D to 1. Nothing is ever done done abruptly. The key to mountain driving, in my experience, is to never be in a hurry, keep your speed on downgrades well under control (pulling over to let the bicycles pass when necessary), and being patient as you slowly ascend steep upgrades in an appropriate gear for the grade. Trying to go too fast, uphill or downhill, will only create excessive wear on brakes, the tranny, and the engine so why hurry?
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mcarter ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
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To clarify, I agree proper downshifting is a proactive was to reduce vehicle speed. The operative word is proper. One has to be careful of over reving and to not shift down more than one gear at a time, if it can be done wrong it will.
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Mike Carter
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Marchhall ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 07 May 2017 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 50 |
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Most modern cars are equipped to and why they have the + and - marked on shift lever. Read your owners manual. They are designed to be downshifted. Forget your grandfathers impression. Things have changed.
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GlueGuy ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 May 2017 Location: N. California Online Status: Offline Posts: 2702 |
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The main thing is that it will be reducing the heat build up in the brakes. I can't tell you how many times I'm near the bottom of a long downhill and the guy in front of me (or behind me
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lostagain ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 06 Sep 2016 Location: Quaker Hill, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 2595 |
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Mike, are you saying one should not downshift with an auto trans to use the engine to slow the vehicle? On our car, it is specifically set up for easy down shifting. This causes excessive wear on the trans?
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mjlrpod ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1221 |
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unfortunately Stephen, the picture doesn't help. Great idea though. I notice the problem as I watched the movement of the brake. The picture has great detail, but I don't see it in real 3D and live movement. I'm sorry about that.
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StephenH ![]() podders Helping podders - pHp ![]() ![]() Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6417 |
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If you remember what it is, I would like to know as well. Would this picture of Lippert electrical brakes help? It gets me to thinking. What if the wrong side was installed, such as a right hand model when a left should have been or vice versa? |
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mjlrpod ![]() Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1221 |
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I had this exact problem, with the right wheel as well. My dealer also told me there was nothing wrong. I went back and took a look. I don't remember exactly what it was I found. I found that a part of the brake assembly had a bit of play in it. It might have been the magnetic piece is, I forget. They were explaining how it all worked and that's when i found it. I told them that i think the brake could get stuck "sometimes" if that part happens to get in the way. I convinced them to give me a whole new brake assembly under warranty. I havent had a problem since. I monitor my hub temperature pretty closely with a laser thermometer. I wish I remembered exactly what it was. If I was looking at it, I could pick it out in a second. My dealer did propose taking out the self adjusting brakes on mine if I kept having problems, but THEY were going to warranty it. I think your dealer might suck.
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VeroSail ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 17 Jul 2018 Location: Quebec, Canada Online Status: Offline Posts: 7 |
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I understand what you mean about the downshift.
But in the context here, the wheel was heating even if I was driving on highway during hours without braking. There was friction in the drum even I wasn't braking. So downshifting wasn't a way to help me to solve the problem. But thank you for taking time to answer something. Fortunately, I found someone competent who found how to adjust it properly. Very happy to learn that the system was not broken, just very poorly adjusted... by the dealer how sold me this brand new R-Pod...
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