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Old 04-07-2003, 02:21 PM
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Sorry, new explorer 400 owner (99 model)- what does that pedal do under my right foot? Does anyone know if manual is available online?

very much appreciate any advice. great machine!

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Old 04-07-2003, 02:25 PM
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Default stupid question, what's that foot pedal for?

Should be the rear brake.
 
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Old 04-07-2003, 03:40 PM
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yea should be rear brake, i have found that if u use this brake alot they seem to wear out fast, i have a 94 300 2x4 when we first got it, we used it all the time, we replaced it 2 times then desided not to use it after the 3rd time. just what i heard if i am wrong plz tell me so i can know the truth thanks
 
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Old 04-07-2003, 04:19 PM
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yep should be the rear brake [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
 
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Default stupid question, what's that foot pedal for?

It deploys the parachute!
 
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Old 04-07-2003, 05:23 PM
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The thumb throttle is the go button.

You're talking about the anti-go pedal..........when forward or backward un-momentum is desired, always depress the anti-go pedal.

 
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Old 04-07-2003, 06:38 PM
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It is the emergency rear brake. If your handlever brake system fails this one will work on only the rear brake to get you back as it is a seperate system (to the caliper).
 
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Old 04-07-2003, 09:03 PM
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Default stupid question, what's that foot pedal for?

BigHank,

In Newfoundland we differentiate between “stun” and “stupid”. If somebody is “stun” they have temporarily lost their ability to think and deduce conclusions from simple, otherwise obvious stimuli. Almost everybody becomes stun at some time – some people quite regularly. You don’t need a blow to the head or a fall from an Xplorer to become stun, it just seems to happen every now and then. Usually you can “snap’ out of it by lifting your baseball cap and scratching the back of your head using one hand.

“Stupid”, on the other hand is a much more serious condition. Unlike “stun”, which applies to everything in general, “stupid” is much more specific. You can be stupid in one area but quite normal in another. The trick is to not reveal your stupidity by asking asinine questions or hurting yourself, or someone else, through foolish actions. Most people easily recognize areas where they are stupid and simply avoid them. For example “machine” stupid people are usually smart enough to not operate, own or stand near an ATV.

I will give you the benefit of the doubt and guess you fell off your Xplorer, then stumbled (having been “stunned”) to the computer and asked the forum what the brake pedal was for. Hope you wear a baseball cap.

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Old 04-07-2003, 09:07 PM
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Default stupid question, what's that foot pedal for?

what WolfHound said.
 
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Old 04-07-2003, 09:09 PM
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Default stupid question, what's that foot pedal for?

the hand lever brakes all tires proportionately
 


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