First major expenses as an Owner Operator on the truck.

I have a real stupid question, how long have you had this truck?

 

Yep, found that out the hard way, 36 hrs, 3k for an axle surgeon to come out and replace.

 

If we're being honest, it's better to get towed from a TA than on the side of the road. At least you get a cool place to wait, plus food and bathrooms.

They are only set up for maintenance and light service. Set your expectations low and you won't be too disappointed. You start getting into cutting badly worn or broken things apart, really anything that requires dealer supplied parts, you very quickly get beyond their capabilities. It's not a bad thing that they set limits on when to stop, and move you to a full service repair shop with the tools and talent to do it right and not take all week on a stuck bolt.

Been there done that, didn't get mad about it.

 

I'd say your doing better than 80% of new OO out there. Keep it up.

Yeah, you can adjust disc brakes, but that wouldn't have done you any good.

And to those questioning pre trip. No, you can not see rotor or brake pads in most instances

 

Ok, here is what I see, and I am sorry if I am an ***** about it … having trucks with disc brakes, the condition of those brakes and pads were the worst I’ve seen in a long time.

It takes a bit of time to wear them down like this, so if you had this truck since the end of June then they needed to be replaced before you even drove the truck.

didn’t you have it inspected?

I don’t mean one of those superficial dot inspections but paying for someone to actually find crap wrong with the truck.

I insist to have an inspection where the wheels come off and the pads and rotors or shoes and drums are checked and a picture taken of them … yes a picture matters is what is done on used trucks.

once you have that inspected you go back to the seller with all the problems and make an offer with this items to be repaired or money taken off.

at $4100, you got away cheap, if you were caught with them, the towing bill and fines would have added more to the bill.

 

Doesnt seem too terrible, and the pad only and inspection looks real easy.

Tools to buy once.
Big Torque wrench (500)
Electric impact (300)
Jack/stands (500)

 

If those are bendix, when you loose the chamfer on the rotor, its done, theres also apparently hash marks on the calipers that tell you when the pads are due.