Jake Brake Info

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...rs-advice/36427-braking-on-big-mountains.html

 

Here is what they told us in truckdriving school,and the military driving course..The engine brake helps slow down the tractor,so there is a possability that the trailer would jack knife because of the momentum it would have cause the tractor is slowing down faster then the trailer...

 

don't do it driver it ant Worth it

 

If you want to see it get real busy in the cab of your truck flip that jake on going off snow covered lookout pass. When the engine stops cause the drive wheels locked up on the snow it gets real quiet and there's no power steering. Trying to get the engine restarted and find a gear aint all the fun it's cracked up to be. Another think don't use cruise on wet roads when empty or lightly loaded. That can make for some more fun times

 

How in the heck is the engine brake going to stall the engine?

 

It'll shut the engine down cause the drive axles are gonna stop moving cause they are sliding and the engine will bog and stall out. Unless of course you push the clutch intime before the truck dies

 

I'm pretty sure that the engine brake will shut off before the engine stalls, like you can't use the engine brake below XXXX rpms anyway, it just shuts off.

 

I use it wet or dry, loaded or empty. Never had a problem yet.

 

"A compression release engine brake uses an extra lobe on the camshaft to open a second exhaust valve at the top of the compression stroke"

I don't see how venting some of the power out would make the engine bog down and stall

 

It depends on the truck. On some I have driven the Jake can stall the truck, others are set up like you are talking about where the Jake shuts off at idle.