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The components can most likely take the engine braking through the life of the vehicle especially if you do it right but zakiu's point is still valid. Using expensive components like your engine, clutch, and transmission to slow down the car just to save little brake wear is pretty stupid. I still do it though lolMy Crown Victoria survived 420k miles of manually shifting down to use engine breaking (sold, still being driven), my SVT Contour, and Subaru WRX never had transmission issues from down shifting, nor has my Motorcycle, or truckers who down shift and use Jake/PAC brakes.
Sorry, I disagree.
My grandpa always said "clutches are expensive, brake pads are cheap"