No more TA or Petro shops for me.

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by nikmirbre, Aug 29, 2024.

  1. OlegMel

    OlegMel Medium Load Member

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    It’s a good thing they at least make a mess, means they did something on that zerk. Last time i took a company trailer to the shop, they replaced a wheel seal, it started leaking again as soon as repair was completed and I rolled to the parking spot
     
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  3. Antinomian

    Antinomian Road Train Member

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    Yep. Had that happen to me once also. Tuns out the tech didn't have the right size jig to drive it onto the spindle. So he used the next size larger and drove it on too far.
     
  4. The Big T

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    S cams on regular greasing need 1 pump
     
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  5. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    Not at all.....Trailer is basically brand new.
     
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    Update....heres is what happened according to both shops. The S cam blew out due to overgreasing. What that did was set the S- cam sideways, which in turn busted the bracket. While I was overweight on all of my axles on the trailer....that didnt help the bracket at all. The gripping/shaking that I felt when braking was the s-cam being pushed at an angle into the bracket which eventually, of course busted the bracket. Instead of letting TA fix it, I limped it home and got a trailer shop to replace the bracket and S-cam. I went ahead and removed all the extra grease from the other axles on my trailer and greased accordingly.
     
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  7. AModelCat

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    I don't believe that explanation for a second.
     
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  8. Antinomian

    Antinomian Road Train Member

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    Grease can't push out a retaining snap ring.

    Most likely the bushings were already wore out, otherwise the cam couldn't have twisted. Or maybe the snap ring was missing and the cam slid out enough to catch on the hub.

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  9. mitmaks

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    Exactly, there are s cam head washer on ends that will allow excess grease to flow past it and prevent it from contaminating brake shoes
     
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  10. nikmirbre

    nikmirbre Road Train Member

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    in my limited knowledge I wouldn’t have either, had I not seen where the s cam had rubbed on my airbag
     
  11. AModelCat

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    That explanation those shops gave you stinks of horse#### to me. There's no way overgreasing caused that bracket to snap like that. If someone on here could disprove me with a logical reason as to how it could have, I'll humbly eat my words on that.
     
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