I took road test in terrible PC & flunked!

[cachsux]

Swap it out with what?
A bigger piece of crap.

A modern design that brakes at the rear axle.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

What PC's are these?

Were they some old things? I've never seen this type.

 

[ZQXC]

A modern design that brakes at the rear axle.

My guess is, that you work at a large urban center with a ginormous automotive budget and repairs are made properly and in a timely manner. I wish it was the same everywhere.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Every PC new of any size these days has a drum brake mounted to the driveline at one end or the other. Pretty much the same as any old PC save for Fords with Lucas hydraulic wedge park brakes.

 

[ZQXC]

Were they some old things? I've never seen this type.

It may have been a 1 year production run because I can tell you it does not work. Never has and never will. It won't hold the truck on a 5 degree slope. With the brake engaged, you can drive away and have no awareness of any resistance to travel.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

I'm surprised those weren't retrofitted if they were that bad.

 

[cachsux]

I'm surprised those weren't retrofitted if they were that bad.

Maybe no one writes them up daily until they do.

 

[cachsux]

My guess is, that you work at a large urban center with a ginormous automotive budget and repairs are made properly and in a timely manner. I wish it was the same everywhere.

So if someone gets killed it will be less of a tragedy if the maintenance budget is smaller?

Call the DOT, get the code book, and use it to quote specific articles hen you r/t the truck.

 

[Rico]

Every PC new of any size these days has a drum brake mounted to the driveline at one end or the other. Pretty much the same as any old PC save for Fords with Lucas hydraulic wedge park brakes.

Like the way the old Jeeps were set up with the drum parking brake mounted to companion flange on the rear output shaft of the transfer case?

 

[rod]

Bring back the micro-brake-----they were awesome.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Like the way the old Jeeps were set up with the drum parking brake mounted to companion flange on the rear output shaft of the transfer case?

And old GMC trucks from the 50's...except they had a contracting shoe, which was even worse.

 

[1BROWNWRENCH]

Of all my time with automotive, our "budget" never came into play except for one time when we had an inordinate number of engine failures.

 

[kingOFchester]

Whats a manual? All I use is P D and R. Whats this 1,2,3,4 you speak of??

 

[ZQXC]

Anybody else have recaps on the front of their truck?

 

[cachsux]

Whats a manual? All I use is P D and R. Whats this 1,2,3,4 you speak of??

It's installed in vehicles men drive.

 

[bill blutnach]

I think you should contact the union and HR and be nice about it (you seem reasonable) and ask for another road test with another evaluator.
Get out there and drive that PC around the yard to get use to it.

und ask if you can drive your own car so you dont kill anyone in the ups car...

 

[HomeDelivery]

haha, don't be mad ~ be glad he's keeping you busy!

ps: aren't those handles easy to adjust when you just twist them to take up the slack in the cable and/or thinning parking brake shoes?!?

i came upon a similar one a few weeks back...

 

[trickpony1]

Anybody else have recaps on the front of their truck?

I didn't think recaps were allowed on the steering axle.

 

[cosmo1]

I didn't think recaps were allowed on the steering axle.

Not allowed on feeders.

All bets are off in package.

 

[ZQXC]

I didn't think recaps were allowed on the steering axle.

They say they can because the GVW is under 10,000 lbs.
It's an ugly ass recap too.