Automatic slack adjusters called 'automatic' for a reason
Updated Apr 29, 2021 Updated April 29, 2021, republication ahead of the May 4-6 Roadcheck inspection event, taking place nationwide at a scale house near you. The National Transportation Safety Board recommendations to brake equipment suppliers have long emphasized caution about manual adjustments for pushrod stroke when automatic slack adjusters [ASAs] are installed. Given those warnings, “it never ceases to amaze me that folks are still attempting to manually adjust auto-slacks after their initial installation,” said Bryan Duross of Technical Training Services, producers of interactiv...
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