Wives and E brakes? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

imaindianoutlaw · 10-22-2002, 06:55 PM

Anyones wife ever ride home with the E brake on? Thought the truck was on fire when she pulled in!

Gordo · 10-22-2002, 07:03 PM

Yeah, my daughter did that and not long after I had just replaced everything back there including drums, shoes, hardware and wheel cylinders. What can I say, I still love her.

crazy longhorn · 10-22-2002, 07:04 PM

did she ask why she had to floor it to make it go? been there , seen that!

*Zkast* · 10-22-2002, 07:05 PM

Never happened to me (wife says she'll never drive the truck now)
But at the shop... it happens more than you can imagine. Seen a few cars melt the hubcaps right off the wheel.

imaindianoutlaw · 10-22-2002, 07:59 PM

She was upset because it kept stalling on her leaving the parking lot! LOL Good for her! But my poor truck! Thank god its under 5 miles away from home!

ckhd · 10-22-2002, 08:27 PM

My wife did it with my 'burb just last week! She said, "I think there's something really wrong with the Suburban. It was smoking a LOT when I drove it. It smelled like a burning clutch." (but it's an automatic).

Oh well.

GMCjunkie · 10-22-2002, 08:51 PM

"I" never have.... I m married to someone who has tho,,, I wont mention who that is....

.... Just goes to show, better make your words sweet, cause you may eat them later.....

*racedvl* · 10-22-2002, 09:34 PM

Had a driver do it once, at work. 99 Mazda b2500. Came back from a run and you could smell brake fuild burning! So I took it to the local Merlins, and by the time I got it there, the drivers side wheel was on fire!!!!! You should of seen the shop owners face when I pulled the truck in in front of his front door!! PRICLESS!

Hooter · 10-22-2002, 11:38 PM

Followed someone on the highway for over 50 miles and there was just smoke billowing out the back, its amazing how clueless some people can be, I mean doesnt anyone notice a big red light that says BRAKE ?

jay6891 · 10-23-2002, 09:34 AM

Mine has never drove with the brake on, don't think she knows what that is. But I have seen her throw one into park running about 20 mph. Man what a noise!

Over_My_Head · 10-23-2002, 09:40 AM

I can't understand how people can drive that far with the e-brake on.

That being said I was talking to my mother last night and she off handedly mentions that her oil light is on in her car. I ERUPT, I asked her how long that had been and how far she had drove it. Fortunately it basically just happened yesterday and she had only drove to work and home with is about 3 miles. She wasn't going to do anything about it until my father gets home from moose hunting on Saturday but I told her to get to a garage and have them look at it ASAP.

Idiot lights are a poor invention due to the fact that they all look alike and some ar much mor important than others. For instance the seat belt Idiot light is red and right next to your oil Idiot light which is also red and not to mention they have created idiot lights for everthing from your gas cap to your hood.

Just venting

Trevor

nate68 · 10-23-2002, 10:42 PM

my truck won't move with the e brake on now since i changed to rear discs. if u like punched it i guess it would move but i dont want to try.

toms68cst · 10-23-2002, 11:44 PM

When I was a teenager baling hay with my father, My mother used to help haul. I remember on at least 3 seperate times my mother failing to release the emergency break on the way back from the field. Sometimes my dad (fuming all the way) and I would follow the cloud of black smoke in another truck behind her. Most of our trucks had no rear brakes after one season of haying.

Fred T · 10-24-2002, 01:44 AM

One advantage to having a tranny brake is that you can smell the shoe burning earlier. Disadvantage is when you have to change it!

10-22-2002, 06:55 PM	#1
imaindianoutlaw GMC SHORT FLEET F/S Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANNIA Posts: 2,117	Wives and E brakes? Anyones wife ever ride home with the E brake on? Thought the truck was on fire when she pulled in! __________________ CHARLES WADE HEIN HVACR FOREMAN. LEWISBURG U.S.P.

10-22-2002, 07:03 PM	#2
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Yeah, my daughter did that and not long after I had just replaced everything back there including drums, shoes, hardware and wheel cylinders. What can I say, I still love her. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

10-22-2002, 07:59 PM	#5
imaindianoutlaw GMC SHORT FLEET F/S Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANNIA Posts: 2,117	She was upset because it kept stalling on her leaving the parking lot! LOL Good for her! But my poor truck! Thank god its under 5 miles away from home! __________________ CHARLES WADE HEIN HVACR FOREMAN. LEWISBURG U.S.P.

10-22-2002, 08:27 PM	#6
ckhd Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: St. Johns, Arizona Posts: 2,660	My wife did it with my 'burb just last week! She said, "I think there's something really wrong with the Suburban. It was smoking a LOT when I drove it. It smelled like a burning clutch." (but it's an automatic). Oh well. __________________ my 2¢ - t.i.o.l.i. Bowen 1968 K20 fleet 1969 K10 swb fleet 1972 K10 Suburban 1972 C10 lwb step 1992 K1500 'burb 1995 K2500 'burb 1997 C1500 'burb 1999 K1500 2000 K1500 'burb Why do I own so many Suburbans?

10-22-2002, 08:51 PM	#7
GMCjunkie Dude...I'm a CHICK Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Lakeland Georgia Posts: 6,192	"I" never have.... I m married to someone who has tho,,, I wont mention who that is.... .... Just goes to show, better make your words sweet, cause you may eat them later..... __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* "The unexamined life is not worth living" -Socrates ~~~~~~~~~~~~~* '71 GMC Suburban 4x4

10-22-2002, 07:04 PM	#3
crazy longhorn Fabricate till you "puke" Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Ill Posts: 9,402	did she ask why she had to floor it to make it go? been there , seen that!

10-22-2002, 07:05 PM	#4
Zkast Account Suspended Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olathe, Kansas Posts: 929	Never happened to me (wife says she'll never drive the truck now) But at the shop... it happens more than you can imagine. Seen a few cars melt the hubcaps right off the wheel.

10-22-2002, 09:34 PM	#8
racedvl Account Suspended Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Woodstock, IL Posts: 7,020	Had a driver do it once, at work. 99 Mazda b2500. Came back from a run and you could smell brake fuild burning! So I took it to the local Merlins, and by the time I got it there, the drivers side wheel was on fire!!!!! You should of seen the shop owners face when I pulled the truck in in front of his front door!! PRICLESS!

10-22-2002, 11:38 PM	#9
Hooter My other Love Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Castlegar B.C. Canada Posts: 4,085	Followed someone on the highway for over 50 miles and there was just smoke billowing out the back, its amazing how clueless some people can be, I mean doesnt anyone notice a big red light that says BRAKE ? __________________ Castlegar B.C.The great white North (Canada Eh!) Hooter_5@hotmail.com First generation Monte Carlo club pictures of my life

10-23-2002, 09:34 AM	#10
jay6891 Car Knocker Join Date: May 2001 Location: jefferson,arkansas Posts: 664	Mine has never drove with the brake on, don't think she knows what that is. But I have seen her throw one into park running about 20 mph. Man what a noise!

10-23-2002, 09:40 AM	#11
Over_My_Head Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Oshawa, ON, CA Posts: 42	I can't understand how people can drive that far with the e-brake on. That being said I was talking to my mother last night and she off handedly mentions that her oil light is on in her car. I ERUPT, I asked her how long that had been and how far she had drove it. Fortunately it basically just happened yesterday and she had only drove to work and home with is about 3 miles. She wasn't going to do anything about it until my father gets home from moose hunting on Saturday but I told her to get to a garage and have them look at it ASAP. Idiot lights are a poor invention due to the fact that they all look alike and some ar much mor important than others. For instance the seat belt Idiot light is red and right next to your oil Idiot light which is also red and not to mention they have created idiot lights for everthing from your gas cap to your hood. Just venting Trevor __________________ I am CANADIAN! Vehicles; 69 GMC 920 (C20 only Canadian Version) 88 Toyota 4X4 Pick up Still have much to learn!

10-23-2002, 10:42 PM	#12
nate68 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: ca Posts: 1,110	my truck won't move with the e brake on now since i changed to rear discs. if u like punched it i guess it would move but i dont want to try. __________________ 68 short step, 406/700r4, 9" w/discs.

10-23-2002, 11:44 PM	#13
toms68cst Registered User Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 4,296	When I was a teenager baling hay with my father, My mother used to help haul. I remember on at least 3 seperate times my mother failing to release the emergency break on the way back from the field. Sometimes my dad (fuming all the way) and I would follow the cloud of black smoke in another truck behind her. Most of our trucks had no rear brakes after one season of haying. __________________ Unrestored 68 C-10 CST. Original 327. 4-Speed CH465. 50k or so miles. TREASURER, Drum Brake Club.

10-24-2002, 01:44 AM	#14
Fred T Cantankerous Geezer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bel Aire, KS Posts: 6,264	One advantage to having a tranny brake is that you can smell the shoe burning earlier. Disadvantage is when you have to change it! __________________ Fred There is no such thing as too much cam...just not enough engine.

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