How to inspect air disc brakes on a daily basis?

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  1. Russell The Trucker

    Russell The Trucker Bobtail Member

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    What's the industrial standard for truckers to inspect air disc brakes on a daily basis? There's no way to confirm if it actually works unless you take the wheels off.
     
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  3. snowmantrucking101

    snowmantrucking101 Heavy Load Member

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    Any signs of irregular rotor wear.
     
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  4. Russell The Trucker

    Russell The Trucker Bobtail Member

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    I'm not an expert but it's probably hard to do that without taking the wheels off.
     
  5. snowmantrucking101

    snowmantrucking101 Heavy Load Member

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    Wrong, visually inspect what you can. That's what DOT does. And that is what they are checking for...improper wear on the rotors.
     
  6. Russell The Trucker

    Russell The Trucker Bobtail Member

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    Sure you can check that. But how do you confirm the caliper pistons are actually actuated when you press the brake pedal without taking the wheels off? There are many reasons the caliper pistons get seized.
     
  7. AModelCat

    AModelCat Road Train Member

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    If the rotors ain't shiny, they're probably not working.
     
  8. Russell The Trucker

    Russell The Trucker Bobtail Member

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    good point.
     
  9. Brandt

    Brandt Road Train Member

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    You look for rust on the disc. The advantage of disc brakes work better but also almost never fail to work. No slack adjuster, and all the other parts drums had that could fail.
     
  10. bad-luck

    bad-luck Road Train Member

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    Google "how to inspect air disc breaks" and you will find everything you want to know.
     
  11. Russell The Trucker

    Russell The Trucker Bobtail Member

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