Anyone seen this yet ?

[cachsux]

as a swing/cover, i hop into a different vehicle almost daily...

no hills to verify if the parking brakes held until i'm on-the-road; the vehicles were already parked in the level warehouse spots for the AM sort/load

after i knew about it, i definitely made myself aware to put it in P at every stop until i was done; then give that contractor a heads-up to fixing it or get a rental for the next day

Instead of a hill one can hold vehicle with footbrake, apply parking brake,place vehicle in drive, ease off footbrake and see how well vehicle holds.

Us flatlanders have to adapt.

 

[oldngray]

Instead of a hill one can hold vehicle with footbrake, apply parking brake,place vehicle in drive, ease off footbrake and see how well vehicle holds.

Us flatlanders have to adapt.

That way used to be part of pretrip as you tested your brake leaving the building.

 

[cachsux]

That way used to be part of pretrip as you tested your brake leaving the building.

Still is here.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Pretrip?


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[HomeDelivery]

Instead of a hill one can hold vehicle with footbrake, apply parking brake,place vehicle in drive, ease off footbrake and see how well vehicle holds.

Us flatlanders have to adapt.

thanks, another thing i have to add to my unpaid pre-trip procedures in the AM

 

[cachsux]

thanks, another thing i have to add to my unpaid pre-trip procedures in the AM

Beats calling the Coast Guard like the guy in the picture.

 

[oldngray]

Beats calling the Coast Guard like the guy in the picture.

That reminds me of the Porsche in Risky Business. "Who's the U-boat commander?"

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

That reminds me of the Porsche in Risky Business. "Who's the U-boat commander?"

Rebecca Demorney----she was hot!


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[cosmo1]

Rebecca Demorney----she was hot!


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*Rebecca De Mornay*

 

[cachsux]

*Rebecca De Mornay*

Rebecca Demorney was the 57 year old concessions lady who took his virginity in the supply closet.

 

[HomeDelivery]

you know we're not really employees of Fedex, right?

they can do that for Express... not us

already told the contractor to check his vehicle on monday, in time for tues service

or pay me to pull the rear wheels, dismount the rotor-drum combination & see if the parking brake shoes are worn down

but, i'm suspecting a slightly stretched cable, but that adjustment i did will take up the slack... i just need to check at point K if it's at the limit ~ then a new cable will have to be ordered

(the mechanic in me)

update: he paid me today to diagnose this... all is good! slight cable stretch, but the adjuster still has a few threads to go before it "bottoms out" to the end-of-service limit...

parking brake shoes inside the rotor hat were good! contractor called the regular driver of that route & he never uses his parking brake!

good thing i checked today; he needed rear brake pads... rotor surface was good/ just had to swap pads~ piece of cake for $50 labor

 

[HomeDelivery]

oh, here's a good source:

https://secure.freightliner.com/new...ls/walk-in van chassis maintenance manual.pdf

contractor was like ~ wow that's a lot of things to maintain ~ duh!

told him his coolant resevoir looks like mud & recommend a flush

 

[ImWaitingForTheDay]

update: he paid me today to diagnose this... all is good! slight cable stretch, but the adjuster still has a few threads to go before it "bottoms out" to the end-of-service limit...

parking brake shoes inside the rotor hat were good! contractor called the regular driver of that route & he never uses his parking brake!

good thing i checked today; he needed rear brake pads... rotor surface was good/ just had to swap pads~ piece of cake for $50 labor

That is way to cheap...look at all the TIME you save this con.Any shop on dually brakes around here charge a min.of 500.00 bucks..Watch yourself on any liability you might incur if god forbid something happens..

 

[HomeDelivery]

no prob, mon!

this SRW p500 was cake to work on!

 

[prodriver]

Just ask me how good I am I'll tell ya.

That is way to cheap...look at all the TIME you save this con.Any shop on dually brakes around here charge a min.of 500.00 bucks..Watch yourself on any liability you might incur if god forbid something happens..

They see you coming

 

[STFXG]

They see you coming

Ain't that the truth.


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[HomeDelivery]

That is way to cheap...look at all the TIME you save this con.Any shop on dually brakes around here charge a min.of 500.00 bucks..

holy crap that's alot for just replacing pads... it was single rear wheel P500... sliding caliper design are soo simple. The rotors were still smooth & true, no reason to dismount & resurface them so that saved most of the $$$$

main thing i do is adhere to the torque specs, where the regular mechanic i see does not

mind you i've been wrenching since the mid 90s & was accruing my ASE certs by the early 2000s

went this route while my kids are growing up. i was just sick of getting grimy 6 days of the week... once a week wrenching is sufficient for me at the moment

i may go back to wrenching, only at the stealership level or a national chain as one of my ways out.

no worries about me, mate. they trust me & i can do the minor jobs. anything that takes over a day to do, i decline & they go to the other guy w/ a more extensive toolset