Re: Told you I\'d get one
Thanks SnowRidge. I too have experienced the clicking sound, like plinking or strumming a spring under tension. It happens chiefly when I do, for example, a U-turn carrying some speed. That would result in the overdriven condition you explained. I recall that both of the PTs I tried at Tazewell did the same thing, so I never was concerned, but curious as to where the sound originated.
ElBubba , in my safety-conscious obsessive compulsive application of the parking brake every time I stopped the machine, I knew that sooner or later I was bound to forget to release it. When it happened, and I started to go forward at low speed, the engine simply stalled. The light bulb went on. I released the brake, re-started and back to work. I checked with PT Central and was reassured that since the brake is indeed a mechanical detent, the minor blunder would not harm the engine or hydraulic motors--like trying to push against an immovable object at low engine rpm's. As for your query about flipping the brake ON while going at full tilt, I would guess there would be some grinding as the pins tried to engage one of the slots between the teeth on the brake rotors. You might break some teeth on the brake rotors, but if one or both pins engaged the rotors w/o snapping off, the engine would stall, and the machine would come to a halt. I think I would reserve that action for a pucker situation, such as hurtling downhill toward a swarm of angry bees /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif. If you look at the inside of a front wheel you can see the bottom portion of the brake rotor. Like everything else on the PT, it is heavy cast iron. The teeth are quite large and rectangular, not spikey like a spur gear, and the gap between teeth is also rectangular.
