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What if you dont need an orange? ...
Im surprised at the amount of hard core off roaders that do not see the danger in a tranfer case or drive shaft brake. If your drive shaft, U joint, rear or axles brake there is no provision for bailing out and keeping the truck locked up on 4 tires.

Conventional ebrakes won't lock all 4 either (except through the driveshaft, like a driveshaft ebrake). The tcase ebrake will work even if the rear brakes fail or a semi-floating axle breaks and the drum slides out, locking the front via the front axles if the hubs are locked.
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I remember when HumVees first came out in the Army, they have disc brakes mounted up on the rear half shafts. If you broke an Axle (you could keep going) and hit the brakes at high speed, the truck would spin like you were working a steering brake. Often fliping over.
Different situation, eh? Those weren't ebrakes, they were the primary brakes!

Fair enough about the apple. But... with 29s, you hate the brakes? Something else is wrong that may be quite cheap to fix.

-Bill
'87 4Runner w/ '96 5VZ-FE, 'Red Chili II'
'97 Taco XtraCab 3RZ-FE, 'BlackBean'
TLCA # 13257, Rising Sun 4x4 Club Land Use Coordinator
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