ELI5. What’s the point of a Jake Brake?

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Couldn’t you just put the truck in neutral and use the regular brakes?

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Engine compression doesn’t wear out your brakes. Putting your engine in neutral and using your brakes does. Also, using your brakes generates heat. Generate enough heat, on a very long hill or mountain for example, and you can actually boil your brake fluid causing catastrophic brake failure.

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