Brakes out of adjustment?

I have never trusted "self adjusting" .... once I week minimum I would make sure they were in adjustment .... there are steps that ya need to do if I remember correctly to adjust them "self adjusting" ones

I just dont remember what they were .... I just adjust them myself to ensure they are good

 

My neighbor (who's an O/O for years) told Mike and I to always check self-adjusting brakes and showed Mike what to look for and all. They reaffirmed this in his school during training.

I guess "self-adjusting" is not all it says it is.

 

How far is that? And whose truck is it? This is always the trucker's fault? How often are you SUPPOSED to check them?

Sounds like someone's out to get your hubby... he gets stopped a LOT. Sucks!!!!!!

 

Sure seems that way

 

depending on what company it is it's there sign that is screaming it.

If they are self adjusting brakes then why did he adjust them? you can't really adjust self adjusting slack adjusters, well you can but not like the non self adjusting ones because you can't back them off.

So I assume he either doesn't know what he is doing or the slackadjusters are bad. they will "unadjust" themselves sometimes when they go bad.

 

Like Brickman said, self-adjusting slacks can be set up manually. Different
makes have slightly different procedures, but all similar. They do need regular
lubrication to keep them freed up as well as regular usage (usually not a
problem, but some of us do use Jake more than service) to keep them self-
adjusted.