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- 1998
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... but it's not that.
Just picked up a 1998 B4000 4x4 manual. When you first start out after the truck has been sitting for a while the vehicle is tough to move...it feels like there's some internal friction or binding in the drivetrain etc, and as soon as you release the clutch it slows down very quickly... like the brakes are on... and will actually rock back a couple of inches once it comes to a stop
However, it doesnt appear to be the emergency brake... it does this regardless of if the emergency brake was on or off. *And*, it will start off perfectly smoothly in reverse... no extra friction at all. Stop and go to move forward in first...truck labours against some internal resistance.
As soon as I've driven a hundred feet all is well... truck runs and glides normally, with no feeling that the brakes are still on. And until it sits for a while the resistance doesn't come back. I can stop at a stop light etc and all is normal when I start out again.
Brakes are fine, tranny will shift properly thru 2WD, 4H, and 4L, and appears to have had a recent fluid refresh. I've done a couple of hard stops in reverse to set the brakes and have purposely not used the emergency brake for several days to convince myself that the brakes aren't simply binding.
Appreciate any thoughts anyone has??!!
thanks in advance,
Vince
Just picked up a 1998 B4000 4x4 manual. When you first start out after the truck has been sitting for a while the vehicle is tough to move...it feels like there's some internal friction or binding in the drivetrain etc, and as soon as you release the clutch it slows down very quickly... like the brakes are on... and will actually rock back a couple of inches once it comes to a stop
However, it doesnt appear to be the emergency brake... it does this regardless of if the emergency brake was on or off. *And*, it will start off perfectly smoothly in reverse... no extra friction at all. Stop and go to move forward in first...truck labours against some internal resistance.
As soon as I've driven a hundred feet all is well... truck runs and glides normally, with no feeling that the brakes are still on. And until it sits for a while the resistance doesn't come back. I can stop at a stop light etc and all is normal when I start out again.
Brakes are fine, tranny will shift properly thru 2WD, 4H, and 4L, and appears to have had a recent fluid refresh. I've done a couple of hard stops in reverse to set the brakes and have purposely not used the emergency brake for several days to convince myself that the brakes aren't simply binding.
Appreciate any thoughts anyone has??!!
thanks in advance,
Vince
