Steer Axle Brake Adjustment

i used to have someone else do my annuals for me. figured it never hurt to get a fresh set of eyes on it maybe they would see something i missed. took it in had my annual done passed said everything was good to go. drive the truck 10 miles back from the shop crawl under it to grease the truck and noticed i had a wheel seal leaking. i just started doing them myself after that. what is the point of paying to have someone do a less though inspection than you do yourself on at least a weekly basis.

 

That's true too. I guess my thoughts are you can't trust a wolf to look over the chicken coop. I'm sure there are many guys that would overlook a critical safety issue on their truck just to keep rolling. At least with an "impartial" 3rd party they can keep that truck off the road until its fixed.

 

That's not adjusting. That's removal. The point of auto slacks is for them to not need adjustments. If they need adjustments they're due for replacement and manually adjusting them is just ignoring the problem. As soon as you hit the brakes they'll back right off again.

 

That's a good point but I sort of disagree. Or at least I disagree slightly. Last Saturday had the front brakes inspected, the drums were close to the limit. And I've known for a couple weeks I have an exhaust leak.
But I knew I was taking this coming week off, I had booked an exhaust guy and a shop to do stuff while I was away.
Was I running with an "unsafe" truck? That comes down to opinion I guess.

 

Well, drum was still within legal mesures, exhaust leak... nothing about safety... unless you were about to loose the whole line!

Today I had to drive one of my truck for a 35 miles local run around the city... blown wheel seal. Theres no way I would stretch a seal for 6 months, but 35 miles? Diff was full of oil, leak was not pouring like crazy.

When I got back changed seal, drum and pads, on both sides just to make sure it keeps braking straight.