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Thread: Hurting the tranny or no?

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06-11-2008, 12:51 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Hajoca

Not a good practice to engine brake with your Trans. It will cause it to wear out. The transmission is not really made to back drive the engine.

Cars or trucks had used that option to offset over heating brakes when descending steep slopes.

I cut off my O/D when going down long hills here in the mountains to keep from overheating the brakes. This procedure is outlined in my OM.
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