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Discussion in 'Lease Purchase Trucking Forum' started by UturnGirl, Oct 28, 2017.
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Once again much too busy to rest much on home time but enjoyed my night on the town and am much refreshed. Sadly had to spend first day in shop getting new brake drums on front and new slack adjusters all around. I went to tdi shop next to Driver's Truck stop fort worth (good food!).
I like the way tdi did business. They did a "triage" as soon as I came in and gave me a time and a rough estimate and stuck to it.
I'm withholding judgement though because now I have a nasty shimmy I didn't have before. I hope its not something awful as a result of new drums. I'm so torn because I don't have any downtime to spare right now or a lot of maintenance money.
A word on Schneider truck..which mine is. They put oversize brakes on their tractors and they don't use standard shoes. Turns out new brake pads that came with tractor were wrong size and scored drums which is why I needed new drums.Dave_in_AZ, 7-UP and taodnt Thank this. -
Rain rain rain. Not a nice Scottish rain as in Braveheart but hard drowning rain. Shut down at truck stop-shop to have them fix the brake job they did. Something is awful wrong. We will find out what it is in morning. Fried chicken and Netflix .
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Any word yet on what the problem is? You said truck came with oversize brakes. Did you convert back to standard size. So you could avoid possible future problems?
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If I can get all of the above done I should be set. If I can't I don't know what I'll do because all are necessary for safety. I am going to hope for best possible outcome. Stay tuned for updates...Dave_in_AZ and Western flyer Thank this. -
Yikes that's a lot. I believe those seals going is pretty much standard on a freight shaker. (Had that same problem on every FL I had since 1987). As long as you are doing all 6 shocks, might as well do the 2 cab shocks also. And check out the airbags, at a minimum make sure the height adjustment valve is adjusted right. As time goes on you will discover, shocks, airbags, leveking valve are easy. You can do yourself. Or have any male friend/relative do it for you. No special tools needed. Hell I bet to could get another driver to do or help you do it. In truckstop parking lot (might have to pay for buffet)
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I genuinely appreciate you sharing your experience. I wish you much success and thank you so much for sharing. It takes guess to lease, it takes even more to share.RERM, Dave_in_AZ, 7-UP and 2 others Thank this. -
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