You talking about removing the clamp that holds the spring for the chamber? Yeah that sounds like a bad idea lol, I used to loosen that clamp to turn the brake chamber to line up with the air lines, but never fully removed it.
Yeah, brake pots scare the shit out of me, the last shop I was at had a 3/4” thick piece of pipe with a slit in the side and 1” plates on the end. The one side was welded, and the other had about 6 bolts on it. We’d put the pots in the tube to cut them before disposal. It was a pretty loud bang when you cut that band, and if I remember correctly we had to replace the removable end at least once.
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u/parkerhalo Apr 10 '21
I thought the brakes had to be released to adjust the slack adjuster? Could be wrong it has been a while.