Slack adjuster broke.

A good welder and a mig can do wonders

.... Philip

 

Hitting recaps at road speed will break the welds,

 

I found one of mine bent. Then I remembered that beveled timber I lost a while back!

 

If it was rusted out and fell out, I would do the rest of them on that trailer. Sooner or later the others will fail.

If you hit something, don't hit something again.

 

I've seen a few break off over the years. Most were from lack of grease in the cam bushing which eventually led to brake can forces feeding into the bracket from the cam banging on and sometimes binding in the bracket. Most were on carhaulers who trusted the truckstops to properly grease their hard to reach zerks.

 

I know of another O/O here who had his replaced, and he ran that truck several more years with no issues. I never looked at them to see if they had some sort of foot to allow a better weld or not, just know they held up fine.