Is it ok to brake after coasting towards a stop?

[Fat Charlie]

Wearing out your AT sooner just means you're that much closer to getting a manual.

[XYZ]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

If you jack the car one wheel at a time you should pull the handbrake, the rears will be hard to spin then

No, you don't apply the handbrake. Obviously, if you apply the parking brake the rear wheels won't turn. To check the rear wheels on a FWD vehicle, leave the transmission in park. They should turn freely. They are not attached to the drive train on a 2 wheel drive car that has FWD.

I had my car lifted in N and no park brake on. Rear hubs could be spun with a finger. Front hubs were hard to rotate without the wheel for extra leverage, just because of the drive shaft and stuff.

No, if the transmission is in neutral the wheels should turn easily.

We opened up the brake calipers to add brake pad return springs (from the OEM single one on the leading edge of the pad to a pair) but even with the pads visibly detached the front hubs were hard to spin.

I found my brake pads would stick occasionally.

That could be it. But there should be no rolling resistance when in neutral.

[SilverCrown9701]

I just paid $4,000 for a new engine back in 2010. It only has 35,000 miles on it (178,000 original mileage). I wanna make this car last as long as possible. I love my Camry, it's my first car.

[SilverCrown9701]

I would kill for a vehicle lift. Sadly, I only have jack stands

[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by XYZ

No, you don't apply the handbrake. Obviously, if you apply the parking brake the rear wheels won't turn. To check the rear wheels on a FWD vehicle, leave the transmission in park. They should turn freely. They are not attached to the drive train on a 2 wheel drive car that has FWD.

Park is fine for auto trannies, but better not take a risk. I've seen a car fall from a jack once. Luckily noone got hurt - that time.
Better not push your luck and use the parking brake just to be sure. Or block the wheels. Combine measures, just for if one should fail.

Originally Posted by XYZ

No, if the transmission is in neutral the wheels should turn easily.

My CVT was in N and the front wheels were about 5 times as reluctant to turn as the rear ones. And when they did, the opposing wheel went the other way; not fully, but it had the tendency. So even the part ahead of the diff offered resistance.
It may be a CVT particularity, but I know what I'm talking about.

Originally Posted by XYZ

That could be it. But there should be no rolling resistance when in neutral.

I can push my car with 2 fingers on the flat; it is the heaviest I ever owned and the easiest to push, despite the resistance in N.
I found out I can even push it in D, engine off! Resistance is not that great too, but of course bigger than in N.
CVT is a strange animal.

[edit] not that strange really. N disengages the engine from the whole tranny, not the tranny from the drive shafts.
By turning the shafts you turn both drum sets and the connecting shackle belt.

[XYZ]

Originally Posted by SilverCrown9701

I would kill for a vehicle lift. Sadly, I only have jack stands

If you review my past posts you will find that I mentioned that you only jack up one wheel at a time to check it. You only need an ordinary jack to do that. You don't even need to remove the wheel. Once the wheel is off the ground it should turn easily.

[XYZ]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

Park is fine for auto trannies, but better not take a risk.

Read my previous post, as well as the initial posts I wrote. This whole thread is about a guy who has an automatic tranny.

My CVT was in N and the front wheels were about 5 times as reluctant to turn as the rear ones. And when they did, the opposing wheel went the other way; not fully, but it had the tendency. So even the part ahead of the diff offered resistance.
It may be a CVT particularity, but I know what I'm talking about.

[edit] not that strange really. N disengages the engine from the whole tranny, not the tranny from the drive shafts.
By turning the shafts you turn both drum sets and the connecting shackle belt.

You may be right. But the car in question here is a Camry - not one with a CVT transmission.

[SilverCrown9701]

I noticed as I coast in gear down the road below 30 MPH with windows down, there is a ticking/chirping noise coming from the front wheels.

I have no clue what this may be. Possibly the suspension or brake wear indicators?...

[XYZ]

Originally Posted by SilverCrown9701

I noticed as I coast in gear down the road below 30 MPH with windows down, there is a ticking/chirping noise coming from the front wheels.

I have no clue what this may be. Possibly the suspension or brake wear indicators?...

It's time to pull each front wheel and check your brakes.

[SilverCrown9701]

Originally Posted by XYZ

It's time to pull each front wheel and check your brakes.

Let's hope it's just the brakes. I remember reading online that this particular generation of Camry had this ticking noise coming from the front of the vehicle.