Parking Brakes do not stay engaged

[Steel Jaw]

I push both toe brakes, hold, pull the parking brake, release the toe brakes then the parking brake, parking brake handles falls back down right away and toe brakes release.

 

Anything Im doing wrong?  Cheers.

[javelina1]

I'm not in front of my Jug at the moment, but I think it's this:   pull the parking brake, push the toe brakes, release the toe brakes, release lever

Edited June 24, 2021 by javelina1
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[scoobie]

It is, both in Jug and Pony. My short slogan for this (otherwise I keep forgetting): "PULL, TAP, RELEASE", i.e. pull the handle, tap the toe brakes (fully), realease the handle.

[Steel Jaw]

14 hours ago, scoobie said:

It is, both in Jug and Pony. My short slogan for this (otherwise I keep forgetting): "PULL, TAP, RELEASE", i.e. pull the handle, tap the toe brakes (fully), realease the handle.

Yeah no worky...when I release the handbrake the toe brakes disengage.

[Diesel_Thunder]

It works for me every time. 
 

1. Pull and hold parking brake handle
2. Push down both toe brakes fully and hold about 2 or 3 seconds
3. Release toe brakes
4. Release parking brake handle, which should stay extended. 
5. To release parking brake, push toe brakes and handle will pull in on its own. 
    

@scoobieCorrect, both the Mustang and Jug’s parking brake work the same way. Only real difference is you only see the handle in the Mustang whereas you see the handle and the parking mechanism in the Jug. 

[Frederf]

The handle doesn't engage any brakes itself like a car (or a Cessna which I thought it did, but it's been a long time). Instead it is a friction device for the toe brakes. First brakes are depressed and then lever is pulled to jam the toe pedals in position (sometimes the order is reversed and often the order doesn't matter). What matters is that you relax foot pressure from the pedals while holding the lever out. The system "bites" the pedals and lever together preventing both the lever and pedals from springing back. You should see the pedals physically remain in position while your input is removed. Once satisfied the pedals are jammed depressed you can relax pull on the lever and it will remain extended. If the lever sinks into the dash then the friction didn't bite.

 

To unjam the pedals you can do this hands-free by depressing the toe brakes which removes friction from the brake lever and allowing the lever to sink into the dash. Then the lever falls back into the dash under spring tension. Gentle people would hold the handle and let it gently back in instead of letting it slam home. Once the lever is no longer pulled out the pedals will relax as normal when foot pressure is removed.

 

What happens in sims with this system is that very small pedal inputs count as unjamming the system. The result is that parking brakes never seem to stick. Make sure to have good enough deadzones on your pedal controller. Keep the lever pulled until your feet are completely off the pedals and the input is a steady 0. Test and see what level of pedal input is needed to unjam the lever with only your feet.

[Steel Jaw]

This works...

 

• Pull and hold parking brake handle
• Push down both toe brakes fully and hold about 2 or 3 seconds
• Release toe brakes
• Release parking brake handle, which should stay extended. 
• To release parking brake, push toe brakes and handle will pull in on its own.