jake brakes are?
2007-01-07 12:27:00 · 18 answers · asked by kimmycat 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Nope
2007-01-07 12:35:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep - diesel engine uses reversal of exhaust gas against engine compression to slow the truck - constant jake braking on a downhill stretch of road is safer than catching your brakes on fire and rolling your truck 1/2 way down a 7% 7 mile grade.
2007-01-07 20:30:21 · answer #2 · answered by Norman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im a truck driver, they are Jacobs brakes, engine brakes on diesel engines. They open the cylinders on a diesel engine slowing the engine down and slowing down the tracter trailer.
2007-01-07 20:28:43 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
On a semi-truck (big rig) it is used to slow it down through downshifting the transmission. That's the really loud noise you hear once in awhile.
2007-01-07 20:29:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are the brakes on a tractor trailor, and they make a loud noise
2007-01-07 20:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by bar_b_c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
semi brakes for anti jack knife I think
2007-01-07 20:28:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
its something on semis to slow them down they are what make the weird noise on the highway when they are coming into a town
2007-01-07 20:28:38 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard it a long time a go but no I don't know what that is
2007-01-07 20:38:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i have one on my truck at work
2007-01-07 20:28:05 · answer #9 · answered by fordperfect5 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are in big trucks.
2007-01-07 20:28:48 · answer #10 · answered by PenguinsWife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋