BENDIX BW7296 User Manual

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SURESTROKE™INDICATOR

Reduces Maintenance Time, Meets Legislative Mandate

SUREFIRE DEPENDABILITY

Helps Prevent Out-of-Service Orders

Out-of-adjustment air brakes cause 37 percent of Department of Transportation (DOT) out-of-service orders, which add up to fines, and perhaps more importantly downtime. To address this problem, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 121 mandates that OEMs install automatic brake adjusters and brake adjustment indicators on all commercial air brake systems manufactured after 10/20/94. While automatic adjusters have helped rectify the problem, most indicator methods to date are either time consuming or unreliable.

That’s why Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake offers the Bendix

SureStroke™indicator, a visual diagnostic tool that helps drivers and maintenance personnel quickly and accurately assess brake adjustment. Not only does the SureStroke

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indicator meet the federal mandate, it also significantly reduces the time and cost associated with pre-trip inspections.

Eliminate The Guesswork

The Bendix®SureStroke™indicator is a metal bracketing system that bolts onto the brake chamber using the existing stud and nut. The indicator relies on a clevis pointer that is aligned with the first of two goal posts. If the pointer stays between the two goal posts when the air brakes are applied at 85 psi or more, the brakes are in adjustment. If the pointer exceeds the second post, the brakes are out of adjustment. The distance the pointer travels represents the brake stroke travel length. The goal posts signify the appropriate DOT overstroke limit once properly adjusted. With the SureStroke

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indicator, drivers no longer have to measure stroke travel. Instead, drivers simply check the indicator to see if the brakes are in or out of adjustment.

Improved Accuracy

The SureStroke™indicator can eliminate needless brake adjustments, remove error associated with guesswork and reduce shop time to diagnose certain air-brake-related faults. No longer will drivers need to chalk push rods or estimate stroke travel by eye.

In addition to assessing brake adjustment, the SureStroke

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indicator can help diagnose weak or broken spring brakes, problems with foundation brake parts, restricted air lines, clogged valves and leaking diaphragms.

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SURESTROKE™INDICATOR

Reduced Maintenance Time

The easy-to-read Bendix® SureStroke™indicator saves drivers precious minutes while conducting mandatory pre-trip inspections. With other methods, it can take drivers up to 20 minutes to determine if brakes are in adjustment. But this time can be cut to just 5 minutes with the SureStroke™indicator, letting drivers get back on the road faster to safely reach their next destination. All of this adds up to productivity improvement and significant maintenance time and cost savings.

Additional Benefits

The SureStroke™indicator can provide further cost savings. By promoting balanced braking, the indicator can help extend tire life. Also, by inspecting the Bendix®SureStroke

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indicator regularly, drivers can help avoid fines related to out-of-adjustment brakes.

Bendix® SureStroke™Indicator Application

PART NUMBERS AND APPLICATIONS

Power Units Service

Trucks and Buses Trailer Parts

PU – Power Unit Application TL – Trailer Application CP – Clamp Indicator Pin for extended push rod applications CLVS – Clevis B – Bracket YP – Yellow Pin RP – Red Pin S – a shorter bracket

(The number indicates allowable push rod travel based on service chamber size)

PU175, PU175CP fits type 16, 20, 24 chambers

PU200, PU200CP fits type 30 and 30/30 chambers and long stroke type 16L, 20L and 24L chambers

TL200, TL200S, TL200CP fits type 30 and 30/30 chambers

PU250, PU250CP fits type 24LS and 30LS square port, long stroke brake chambers

TL250, TL250CP fits type 301S square port long stroke brake chambers

Eliminate The Guesswork When It Comes To Your Brake Alignment. Get The Bendix

SureStroke™ Indicator.

Stay on the road and out of the shop. The Bendix®SureStroke™indicator, helps drivers and maintenance personnel quickly and accurately assess brake alignment, reducing time and costs associated with pre-trip inspections and eliminating out-of-service orders for out-of-alignment brakes. For all the details, talk to your Account Manager, call 1-866-610-9709 or visit www.foundationbrakes.com.

Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC • 901 Cleveland Street • Elyria, Ohio 44035 • 1-866-610-9709 • www.foundationbrakes.com BW7296 • ©2005 Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake LLC • 02/05 • All Rights Reserved • Printed in U.S.A.

PU175 TL200 CLVS12 PU200 TL200S CLVS58 PU250 TL250 B175 PU175CP TL200CP B200 PU200CP TL250CP B250 PU250CP B175CP

B200CP B250CP YP1 RP1