Often when your truck won't build air it has something to do with the outside temperatures, like 32 degrees and below. There are a few different components that can cause your truck not to build air. First, get out and determine if you have an...
Often forgotten, but very important to determine handling, tire wear, and vibrations. Keeping the air at bay is the valve stem core, sometimes it works loose and leaks slightly, causing the tire balance to be thrown off, changing the contact with the road, changing the...
The following is only for experienced mechanics, who are aware of the dangers of a spring brake chamber. Serious injury or death could occur from improper handling! Nowadays in order to get rid of those removed spring brake chambers you must disarm them, so they are...
Have you looked at them lately? Are they covered by a nice chrome cap? Oil hubs can easily be forgotten, but they can also tell you that you may have a wheel seal leaking or a possible bearing failure in the making. I myself am...
Some things to keep in mind when hooking up to trailers, when backing into a trailer stop and get out and check your trailer height. You want to lift the trailer when you back into it that way there's no chance of it being too...
I guess the first tip would be to adjust them often, even if they don’t need it, so the adjusters don’t freeze up. Going around during every other service job would be enough to keep them free. So many times the brake adjustment is forgotten about...
Fuel can do a lot of good it makes your truck go, however it can cripple it little by little as well. The temperature change of the fuel happens no matter where you live, condensation forms in your fuel tank, over time this takes a...
Extended Life Coolant uses advanced organic acid technology which depletes slower than traditional coolant additives. This eliminates the need to add SCA's (supplemental coolant additives) which extends coolant service intervals and provides superior heat transfer, cavitation and corrosion protection. The organic acid technology in extended life...
On some trucks the clutch may go a long time before you find the need to adjust it. However, I would suggest adjusting your clutch every six months even if all you do is turn the ring ways and turn it back again. That way...
