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Originally Posted by Doghouse
So it seems like then if I'm going down a grade at gross then setting 3 would be used, and the other 2 settings are for lesser grades or weights?
I've always just used the 3 setting so I get maximum engine braking.
Either I want the engine brake on full or I don't want it on at all.
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Also can they be switched from one to the other without damage?
Yes.
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This is the one thing I hated about Stevens, they would not even give you info on this brake system because (as the story goes) Big Mr. Stevens was in his corner office overlooking th yard one day and a driver came into the yard with straight dual 5's and blasted the engine brake all the way to the fuel island,...he then said no more engine brakes,....or so the story goes.
Maybe he should have said all the trucks will have mufflers instead of eliminating an important safety factor by saying "no more engine brakes".
And, maybe he should have made sure that the engine brakes are used properly. Approaching a fuel island in the yard is not a situation where an engine brake is necessary.