Cage a brake

And if a drunk driver lighting his meth pipe while giving oral sex to a billy goat ,while texting and playing xbox and smoking a Camel light too... Runs into you, his lawyer will see to it that you are at fault and pay

 

You can also back off the slack adjuster.

 

Most new cannisters come with a caging bolt attached on the side.

 

Next time, instead of double wrapping an airline that you're going to toss, put a dime in where it screws together and tighten it down. Then capture the spring. The compression on the dime will stop air from escaping.

 

My company won't reimburse me for dimes left in air lines, I use bubble gum like a real McGyver

 

I've actually never broken an air line to the chamber, I have had a few diaphragms go though. Can you use the old bic pen trick on those lines? I have a few in my truck just for temp fixes on air lines.

 

I was told by a DOT in Wyoming, during an inspection, truck trailer combination is allowed to have one braking position inoperable. That is less than 20% of braking capacity.
He told me I had one brake to far out of adjustment and he gave me a CVSA sticker.
Right or wrong I don't know.

 

Can you even cage a new brake chamber? I've been out of the loop for a while, but I seem to remember, new brake chambers had that hole where the caging tool goes, filled in. Years ago, I always kept a caging tool in my tool box. And I've heard that too, you can have 1 brake inoperative. I'm surprised they still allow that.