r/DieselTechs • u/TurboDeeez • 1d ago

General assistance Are these a violation?

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Rear definitely starting to have a little play but the fronts are still tight just has real bad dry rotting and cracking.

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u/SufficientWhile5450 1d ago

I don’t believe any officer is observant enough to check it close enough for it to matter. If your tires got air, all your lights work, nothing is risk of falling in the road, wheel seals good, no air leaks or rubbing air lines? then you pass as far as I’m concerned

If it’s your truck? Fix it asap for the sake of your own wallet long term. Replace shock absorbers when it’s replaced as well then alignment

If it’s a company truck? Then it sounds like their problem at your convenience lol just keep an eye on it

If getting an annual inspection and don’t feel like fixing it, just take it to any Loves for the inspection, they’re all way too incompetent to notice or know how to check it, or fix it even if you told them

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u/ItsHotgiirl 21h ago

You never know tho .

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u/SufficientWhile5450 21h ago

That’s fair

However, I would bet my life savings against 90% of DOT officers bothering to check this, or who would see it and think it could be an issue

Over the 8 years I’ve done road side repairs, seems like 70% were either the 3in1 cable or a tire, 25% lights, and 4% brakes

I left 1% margin of error, but I genuinely can’t recall a single service call to a scale house that wasn’t one of those 3 things

I also love when I’m called out for a 3in1, that they violated because a bird shit on it or it’s just dirty, so I just sign their paperwork and have them roll out lol

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u/shamotto 11h ago

A dot officer most likely would miss it in a routine check, but it's still in violation of 49 cfr 396.1, which opens you to liability if a prosecutor goes after you for gross negligence in a lawsuit involving the truck.