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can we please clear something up?
stretchy:
I have used the left foot fidle breking many time and it works. when I was told about this techniqe I also dident see how it works as I understand its 4 wheel breaking. my personal opinion is that if you have an axle and one wheel is off the ground or litle or no traction it will take very litle presure for the brakes to stop this wheel momentarily sending the drive to the other wheel. the other wheel is being braked aswell but also the engine is working against this as you are still reving with right foot.
its fine aslong as you tap the pedal for a split second and dont rev the b****ks of it
stretchy
Tommo:
As someone has written its a do or die 'get out of jail card'. I do it all the time when I'm cross axled or slightly beached and cross axled, but it has only ever pulled me out 4 or 5 times. Every time I do it it involves heavy throttle spinning the wheels (which are usually off the ground) pretty fast, then short very sharp repeated jabs on the brake pedal. For the first split second you hit the brakes some force is directed to the grounded wheels, hence on and off repeatedly starts a sort of rocking motion.
As soon as you do it you will feel whats going on, I think RRB is right about inertia from the spinning wheel being transfered to the other wheel through the diff as the brake is applied.
If anyone doubts the technique then I dare you to jack a wheel off the floor and try it.
littlepow:
I know on rear wheel drive cars, applying the hand brake (as long as it's not a transmision version) will help to get off slippery surfaces. (This does seem to work with 3 series BMW's on wet grass).
Tommo:
Yeah come to think about it I have jabbed the transit handbrake to get me unstuck in the snow before and its worked. It didnt work when I cross axled it leaving my steep drive on an angle though haha, that was an embarrasing day.
dxmedia:
Effective method if done gently.
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