Popular Post Ezrider Posted September 24, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 24, 2018 iv been wanting to cover this for a long time but every time iv had to do one iv been away from home in a pee lot somewhere and not wanting to screw with recording it. i hear a lot of miss information repairing/vrs replacing brake cans, this can be the difference between paying a truck stop repair shop for a repair vrs 5-10 mins with a crescent wrench and a pair of vice grips in the parking lot. saving time/money and getting back on the road faster not my most polished video iv done didn't have a lot of time to spare this weekend but hope it helps someone out. https://youtu.be/qxTC01SrWnk 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/54390-brake-can-repair/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjh Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nothing wrong with that vid rider Good job buddy! I didn't listen to the audio! and you may have mentioned this , With just hand tools it would likely take a tad longer than 10 mins but definitely Worth Packing the pieces! A good investment in my opinion .is A battery powered 1/2 inch impact . And an extra deep 3/4 impact socket Made for the release bolt. Makes the job a snap!👍 There are some shortcuts to that project however you got the point across! If A person is smart he/she packs a spare Piggyback kit in the truck ! 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/54390-brake-can-repair/#findComment-406598 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted September 24, 2018 Author Share Posted September 24, 2018 there are defiantly some short cuts really you can just back the break off all the way and pop the band clamp the return spring does not have that much pressure and the push rod for the park break does not reach the back side of the break can. but the more ways you can isolate the energy the better and i don't want to get someone hurt. i keep a spare half can and pancake in my jockey box. because its not near as common practice as it used to be they are not kept in stock a whole lot of places anymore. but iv bought an entire 3030 brake can before just to take the piggy back off of it to install it in a parking lot. the video isn't bad some of the edits are a little chunky and could have made it flow a little better but it takes a lot of extra time to make video's between the time moving setting up camera's explaining things then editing any voice over ect. i just kinda put that one out without some of the fine tuning of the finished product but the information is all there. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/54390-brake-can-repair/#findComment-406599 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Gr8 info U make it look to easy IF U kno watcha doing U can chok the wheels n normally release the parking brake instead of play n with the emergency rod that is all full of crud we normally wait till we in shop n take the booster off n use shop air to realese brake n jam the push rod in the vice when fully extendered cya Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/54390-brake-can-repair/#findComment-406606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezrider Posted September 27, 2018 Author Share Posted September 27, 2018 pulling back on the slack adjuster and putting a pair of vice grips on the push rod defiantly makes it a bit easier to get the band clamp back on, took me a few times to figure that trick out. Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/54390-brake-can-repair/#findComment-406727 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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