Slack adjusters and air brake components

no he was being serious. you have to cut the pushrod in order to install it

 

I'm not your bro as far as I'm concerned I'm not going to be looking at your posts anymore.

 

come on bro. whyy so angry

 

I had posted a great link on this. It’s in my yadda yadda thread somewhere.
Easiest to do with two people.
Press the brake for between 90 to 100 psi. If I remember right. Should be about an inch and a half. Over two bad. Under one bad. Sorry... I’ve been working with disk brakes. So don’t practice that anymore.
You can mark the rod with a piece of masking tape.
This is length of travel. Not slack distance. That is too much hassle to check on drums with auto adjusters.
It is highly recommended to have a mechanic adjust auto slack adjusters. Two reasons.
One) They are just plain strange to adjust. Need experience like a mechanic has.
Two) If auto slack adjuster is out. Probably something more than simple adjustment.

 

If the the brake chamber’s pushrod moves over 2” after you apply the brakes then your brakes need adjustment per DOT.

 

Instead of throwing poop on the fan go to this webhttps://www.brake-school.com/public/course/index.php?categoryid=11
Take courses and be certified brake mech.

 

Depends on chamber type. There are over 30 chamber types and 2” is the limit on 8 of them if I remember correctly, including the most common chamber the type 30.

 

I keep zip ties on my pushrods , that I install with the brakes released, that way I can see how much travel they have anytime the brakes are set.

 

That works, and for the less ingenious they sell clips in truckstops that just clips on the push rods when sbrakes are released.