Citidiot question.

Wheel chocks. Stay uphill of it. Put jackstands facing up/down hill and not cross hill. Put any wheel/tire taken off under it while you work on it.

I parted out several trucks on a driveway with a lot more slope than yours. I did have a couple fall. Staying uphill of the vehicle is key and keeping wheels/tires under it as a secondary crush prevention method kept me from getting hurt.

Or just do it in the street. Stay on sidewalk side. Use heavy plywood or some cribbing under the the jack stand. That being said, I would not be afraid of the slope you are working with.
 
WTF? said:
Why would you have all people here assume a parking brake functions much less functions well on a 18-24 yr old vehicle? I expect better out of a ****box connoisseur. :laughing:
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Because he's in commiefornia and if it doesn't I want him to have to explain why.
 
Chalk the tires, plywood on your back so you can get the jack off. :flipoff2:
 
Is it safe to use sidewalk chalk on a driveway?



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Could you just do one wheel at a time in the street and just turn it around in between so you're not working in the street on either side? But realistically I'd chock the back wheels and put the front on jack stands in the driveway and get to work. You aren't going to be under it doing brakes and a wheel bearing, so my concern level would be decreased.
 
arse_sidewards said:
Because he's in commiefornia and if it doesn't I want him to have to explain why.
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~40% of my GMT800 collection parking brake are non-op and another 40% probably won't hold on the pictured incline, only 2 of them suffer from rust belt heritage, 1 other non op came from florida.

M92PV4U said:
This truck came from Santa Cruz so it's had to deal with coastal air.

I've never used the parking brake before :laughing:.
If it doesn't doesn't that's because I've never had it apart.
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in a fleet of 10+ trucks, I can count on one hand the number of times the pedal e-brake was engaged intentionally to supplement the parking pawl in a 3+ year period.
 
brocolocoli said:
That asphalt looks pretty flat. Do one side at a time with the side you're working on facing your house so at least the truck will crush you when someone hits it instead of getting run over
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gbiddlec said:
Could you just do one wheel at a time in the street and just turn it around in between so you're not working in the street on either side? :smokin:
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Jeezus H Christmas, how steep do you guys perceive the slope of the picture driveway to be that you're seriously advocating working on one side at a time in the gutter of a curbed street???:confused::eek: Like slide down it with brakes locked up in the rain steep???
 
WTF? said:
Jeezus H Christmas, how steep do you guys perceive the slope of the picture driveway to be that you're seriously advocating working on one side at a time in the gutter of a curbed street???:confused::eek: Like slide down it with brakes locked up in the rain steep???
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It's a neighborhood, just lay in the street.

I've done axles and transmissions and such on the street before, beats working upside down
 
WTF? said:
~40% of my GMT800 collection parking brake are non-op and another 40% probably won't hold on the pictured incline, only 2 of them suffer from rust belt heritage, 1 other non op came from florida.



in a fleet of 10+ trucks, I can count on one hand the number of times the pedal e-brake was engaged intentionally to supplement the parking pawl in a 3+ year period.
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I left my dog in the truck a few months ago. I left it running and set the brake, just incase the dumbass somehow knocked it into gear. Then I couldn't get the cable to disengage.

I didn't have **** for tools and that bitch was stuck.


I finally found something I could use to get some more leverage on the cable and pulled the pedal up by hand, and it disengaged, but I don't set that **** anymore.
 
grumpy356 said:
I left my dog in the truck a few months ago. I left it running and set the brake, just incase the dumbass somehow knocked it into gear. Then I couldn't get the cable to disengage.

I didn't have **** for tools and that bitch was stuck.


I finally found something I could use to get some more leverage on the cable and pulled the pedal up by hand, and it disengaged, but I don't set that **** anymore.
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Like putting it in drive and taking the load off the parking brake didn’t allow you to disengage it? Don’t think I’ve had that problem before.
 
Why not? The square body can park on the street while you work on that and you won't have to chase the 10mm socket down when it starts rolling down the driveway.
 
I hate parking in the street. I hate not having a place for people to park if they come over.
 
This is a vehicle built in the last 20 years! Not like your other stuff! It should be quick to do. Now... that said... you probably should send the wife and kid out while you do this! Lol
 
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