faulty spring brake control valves, restricted/pinched trailer service air line and pressure protection valves sticking due to corrosion. It is important to keep the system clean. “Corrosive ...

After a group of trailer manufacturers issued a recall in late July on more than 30,000 trailers due to an issue with Bendix SR-5 Trailer Spring Brake Valves, another group of manufacturers has ...

Bendix has announced it is making available a no-cost permanent remedy kit for trailers affected by a recent recall campaign. More than 15 trailer manufacturers have recalled nearly 40,000 ...

ELYRIA, OH – Bendix has unveiled a no-cost permanent remedy to repair Bendix SR-5 trailer spring brake valves included in a voluntary safety recall campaign. Vehicle owners can work through Original ...

The two push-pull valves -- the yellow one for tractor brakes and the red one for trailer brakes – are awkward to release because they must be pushed hard and held before brakes are released.

It’s impossible to fix something without understanding how it’s supposed to work. Brake system repair decisions can be difficult to make, and costly to execute, without a basic understanding ...

Mitchell 1 has added color air brake diagrams to Tractor-Trailer.net, its comprehensive ... spring brakes, relays, and valves are easily identifiable with consistent icons. Another feature to ...

TORONTO, Ont. – The Maintenance Council of the Ontario Trucking Association has sounded the alarm over a potentially deadly flaw in the Canadian Motor Vehicle Standard governing the operation of ...

We’ve shown how you can get your hydraulic trailer brakes up to stratch ... static plumbing for the tank supply and the main control valve. It’s also where the all-important line filters ...

3. The brain of the system lies in the trailer control valve. This takes a signal from the tractor’s own hydraulic brake circuit and converts it into an air signal, which travels out to the ...

The steering assist valves are available with flow rates up to 7.93 gpm (30 lpm), with operating pressures to 3625 psi (250 bar) and output pressures from 290 to 1812 psi (20 to 125 bar). Dual line ...

Trailer brakes don't always work as they're ... system functionality and the operational differences in critical brake valves and their subcomponents. Another important step is to move away ...