928Forever!

Here's what happened to my beloved 928...

I was out to the shops, parked on a steep hill, but that was fine, the hand brake was working perfect... Wasn't it ? I think you can see where this is going...

Pulled the hand brake on and put it in N (because some people have told me putting a lot of strain on the P pin can damage the gearbox if you are on a steep hill even with the hand brake asisting it), car didn't even creak when I got out. Perfect I thought...

Came out of the shop and my 928 was at the bottom of the hill with the front bumper wedged in a pavement (side walk)...

Plus it was a main road it was stuck on so it was stopping one lane of traffic...

Luckily only the bumper was damaged but even just that will be expencive won't it ?

Why did this happen to me !?

My question is - do the S4 928's have dual rear brakes ? (E.G a disk for driving and a drum for parking)

If so this shouldn't have happened, if it is just a disk for both jobs it must have gotten hot when driving and expanded, put the hand brake on, disk cooled down and contracted, and the brake was useless.

I didn't manage to drive the car home as in the shunt the brake fluid reservior got knocked off it's brackets and the fluid all leaked out...

All I can say is I'm glad my other Porsche is going to be on the road soon since my 928 isn't

928Forever!

How ironic, I just wrote this thread and went on the home page and take a look at this advert:



Talk about adding insult to injury

danglerb

Sounds like you may have gotten very very lucky, nobody hurt, no other cars damaged, and not much damage to your car.

Turn the wheels into the curb, sometimes I even let the car roll until the tire touches the curb.
Set the hand brake, slightly release the brake pedal to see if it holds.
Leave it in gear on a manual, or P in a automatic.

928Forever!

Trust me I will be in future, I did see if it held though and it did perfectly well. If I had only turned the wheel I was rushed as I needed to get home to top up the electric meter as it had ran out and my freezer was defrosting. I just parked, pulled the hand brake and ran to the shop.

Next time I need to park on a hill I'm not taking any chances.

dcrasta

Sorry about your accident. Like it was mentioned in your Drivers License study guide (remember).

1: When facing downhil, turn wheels towards the curb.

2: When facing uphil, turn wheels away from curb (so the backside of the tire would touch the curb)

This is The Law in most areas (in the US).

Hard lessons are often learned the hard way. Fortunately no one was injured, and the property damage was limited to your bumper. You got lucky

Good luck on your repair!

928Forever!

Actually it is not a legal requirement over here in the UK to turn your wheels in, though it should be as people would remember it better if they knew they had to do it!

I'm sure I was told about it in my lessons, but that was 23 years ago! (I'm now 40... God time goes on fast!)

Leon Speed

Oh that sucks. Though the damage you describe is not too bad. Disaster would be the car is totalled

Yes the hand brake and foot brake are separate systems but use the same discs. The hand brake is a drum brake. As you pull the handle two brake shoes push outward against the inside of the brake disc. In order to inspect the brake shoes the rear wheels, brake calipers and discs need to be removed, not a hard task. The drum brake shoes are adjustable per side.

928Forever!

So the hand brake IS a drum brake! In that case it shouldn't have slipped... It was adjusted fine, infact it was the first thing I checked when I got it!

928Forever!

The hand brake is adjusted though! I will be checking the shoes, but even worn shoes wouldn't cause that, as the pressure of them on the drum would stop it from moving! Maybe the drums are worn or scored.

Landseer

Did you drive it to buy the bargain 944?

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jeff spahn

Top up the electric meter? In the UK you purchase a set amount of electricity and if it runs out the meter turns off your current?

In the US you just get a bill and the meter is on all the time.

Whoever informed you to not put your car in park was wrong. Set the brake first, put it in park second and if you are on a hill, turn the wheels to make your car move to the curb. But then again, you know all this now.

Imo000

Pull the parking break and then put in int P. This you remove all the strain from the transmission.

928Forever!

Well most houses in the UK have the monthly payments, but you can have pay as you go if you want.

928Forever!

Yes I did.

pcar928fan

So you didn't put it in "P"... That is what "P" is for..."PARK"... WOW!