Brake Nightmare

I thank the post for the information.,

WOW just wow. How can anyone drive a truck with all those problems. Especially the brakes.
IF Karma is working. He will have a breakdown then get inspected roadside. OOS and a runaway repair bill. Hopefully before he kills someone.

 

That is beyond ridiculous.

I drive a 98 FLD120. I replaced the entire front suspension and brake system recently. It didn’t need most of what I replaced but I wanted everything new. Not just for safety but piece of mind.

 

Sadly guys like in the OP are broke and DOT will pull in a few to showcase and be able to say they did something. But usually they want to pull in people who actully are likely to not only HAVE money but are likely to PAY any fine they get too.

Follow the dollars. There is no profit in nailing these dudes at the weigh stations beyond the bare minimum. There is huge profit in nailing otherwise good drivers and finding #### like mismatched glad hands to give $150 tickets out over.

 

Me being an old school truck guy I won’t fault the guy for using manual slacks IF they were kept in top notch adjustment but how does a clevis pin just fall out? Half the time them things are stuck and are a pain to remove. The cotter pin is one of the best most simplest fail safe inventions ever thought of. Lol!

 

I could get rid of my auto slack adjusters? September 1993 manufacture date.

I used to have manual on older trucks. I'm ok either way

 

There's another reason. These guys are a little lazy. They inspect a clean truck, they can be done in 10-15 minutes. Maybe they'll find something, maybe they won't. An old dirty junker? They'll be under there for hours and get filthy! That's what one explained to my uncle as a junker passed the scale.