Strange Lever

[Gregory OConnor]

Bill, just check the nut behind the steering wheel. With all the
safety systems you describe, the operator has limited chances to make
a mistake but many more chances for failed response from the
retarder. Education from others like Scott talking of 'felt like
dragging an anchor' is a good a way for all of us to recall the fix.
There was an instance in Ca where a fully loaded septic pumper truck
driver lost his brakes headed down hill. He was able to engage the
engine driven pump. The input was capped and the load of the vacuum
pump slowed the trucks engine and stopped the rig. I understand the
only spill was in the cab. Had his rig a fail-safe system that did
not allow it to be engaged while in motion, response from surprised
motorist in his path would be literal. "S*&%"

I will only allow operators as smart or smarter then myself to drive
my trucks.
Gregory O'Connor
94ptRomolandCa
Self-employed, no operators

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Wilhelmus Schreurs
wrote:
>
> Mike:
> Not so at all.
> Electric trailer brakes actually has a puck that rubs on the drum
which is attached to the brake shoes, which in turn stops the
trailer, so electrical/mechanical/mechanical, yuk, lots of wear and
maintenance.
>
> With the Jacob's driveline retarder, it is electricity which
creates a magnetic field to slow down the vehicle. there are no
rubbing parts. Maintenance is very simple, cleaning, checking of
contacts and greasing.
>
> One thing which Jeff Miller alluded to, there is no connection
between the driveline retarder and the rest of the system ,
acceleration or braking. Gosh one of the things when I get my BB
home, I will look at installing circuitry that will either allow the
brake to be applied or disengage it when the throttle is applied.
>
> Bill
> 84FC35SB
> Terrace, B.C.
>
> Mike Hohnstein <MHOHNSTEIN@...> wrote:
> That would be one way to characterize the down grade
retarder. It functions like electric trailer brakes, in a way.
> The well marked grease zerk, if not covered with road grime is a
critical maintainence point. I'm greatful that my retarder works
pretty well so far, my chassis has roughly 170k miles.
> Mike Hohnstein
> Germantown WI, Myrtle ID
> 83FC35rb
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott
> To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 11:25 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Strange Lever
>
> So this thing is like a driveline breaking system?
>
> Scott Waldy
> '83FC35SB
> Boise, Idaho
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott"
> wrote:
> >
> > Lots of great posts on the Jacobs Driveline retarder. (that is
what
> is
> > on our coach 86FC) BUT no one mentioned the need to grease the
> bearings
> > inside. When we got ours you could not even tell it had a grease
> > fitting. Find it on the side of the retarder. Use a GOOD HIGH
TEMP
> > GREASE. I grease mine pretty frequently.
> >
> > I did the dummy thing last year on the way to RIV and left it one
> by
> > mistake when entering the highway, thought I was draging an
anchor,
> > (actually felt like a fuel filter cloggin up) It got hot and
> smelled,
> > when shot with a temp gun it was just over 300* got back underway
> in a
> > hurry and got air to it. No harm works fine. I use it in stop and
> go
> > traffic, to limit the use of the service brakes. Works great for
me.
> >
> > ScottB
> > 86FC 4sale
> > SC
> >
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Scott"
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I have a Strange Lever mounted to the side of the shifter box.
> The
> > > lever goes into a small black box with numbers on the side. As
> the
> > > lever is pulled down, the numbers increase and the lever is
> > internally
> > > notched to stop on each of the numbers. Any clue?
> > >
> > > Scott Waldy
> > > '83FC35SB
> > > Boise, Idaho
> > >
> >
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