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opus
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Posted - 02/16/2017 :  2:17:10 PM  Show Profile  Visit opus's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Is there an easy way to inspect rear brakes to see if they are greasy, etc, without pulling drums? Cant you take part of the backing plate off, etc?

ICBUS07-30
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Posted - 02/16/2017 :  2:48:46 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by opus

Is there an easy way to inspect rear brakes to see if they are greasy, etc, without pulling drums? Cant you take part of the backing plate off, etc?

I don't know about anywhere else. But backing plates are not required here "Michigan" so if a bus has them we take them off. It is just so much easier.

Formally ICBUS0730

Edited by - ICBUS07-30 on 02/16/2017 2:49:32 PM
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opus
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Posted - 02/16/2017 :  3:12:36 PM  Show Profile  Visit opus's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Really, interesting! I would think for mud/snow you'd keep them. It sure would make it easier.
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ICBUS07-30
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Posted - 02/16/2017 :  3:50:27 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by opus

Really, interesting! I would think for mud/snow you'd keep them. It sure would make it easier.

Still have two buses with them and don't really notice a difference.

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opus
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Posted - 02/16/2017 :  4:08:10 PM  Show Profile  Visit opus's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Great, I'll just yank them then. Privately owned bus, thanks.
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g0ttadrift
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USA
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Posted - 02/22/2017 :  2:35:59 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In Ohio and they aren't required here either. As soon as I pull a new bus in with these on, I take them off. The backing plate has inspection holes in them and the snow and dirt get stuck in there and cause more problems than if you just took the plates off and let the dirt out just as much as it get in.
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opus
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Posted - 02/24/2017 :  5:25:37 PM  Show Profile  Visit opus's Homepage  Reply with Quote
Thats what I was thinking. Thanks.
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Elliot
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Posted - 03/01/2017 :  9:49:59 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I drove 18-wheelers for 27 years, and never saw a backing plate. Thankfully. :-)

Elliot
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