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Where can you find air brake system diagrams for tractor trailers?
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∙ 12y ago
From the manufacturer or a dealer would be the best place to get them from. Most trucks use a system where the brakes on the drive axles are metred from the primary air system, and the trailer brakes are when the foot valve is used, and the secondary air will metre the steer axle brakes via the foot valve and the trailer brakes when the Johnson bar is used. Although this isn't always the case. For example, some trucks (this is more common in older trucks) will metre the air to the steer axle brakes directly from the treadle (foot) valve. But all trucks manufactured after 1976 are required to have a FMVSS 121-compliant dual circuit application system.
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