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That Tuesday where every single air brake I touched fought back
Last Tuesday I had three trucks lined up for brake jobs and by lunchtime I had skinned my knuckles on two slack adjusters and dropped a spring brake chamber on my foot. It was like each truck knew I was coming and decided to make my life miserable with seized gladhands and frozen caging bolts. Has anyone else had a day where the equipment just seemed to have it out for you?
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white.keith5h ago
That third truck was the one that really got me. I had a 3/4 inch wrench in my hand, went to crack loose a caging bolt that looked clean, and it snapped clean off. Left the stud sitting flush in the housing. Had to drill it out in the parking lot with rain starting.
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craig.parker5h ago
Did you check the gladhands with a mirror first?
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val9744h ago
Caging bolts breaking off clean like that is a nightmare, especially when the weather turns sour on you. That flush stud situation leaves you with no good options unless you've got a left hand drill bit set handy. Rain just makes it all worse when you're working off a parking lot. Did you have enough room to get a center punch in there?
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