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JME (68.128.144.162)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 01, 2002 - 8:22 pm: | |
Are spring brakes the same as maxi-brakes? |
RJ Long (Rjlong) (24.127.74.29)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 01, 2002 - 8:55 pm: | |
In the trucking industry, the terms are interchangeable, so lots of bus folk use them, too.
RJ
PD4106-2784
Fresno CA |
jmaxwell (66.42.92.16)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 2:07 am: | |
Spring brakes are not the same as Maxi-brakes, irregardless of trucking industry venacular. They don't even operate the same. Quite often you hear of Maxi's letting go with air loss on parking. Can't happen w/ a spring brake without a mechanical failure; takes air to release it by overcoming the spring. Maxi's are a no-no, not even manufactured for road use any longer and actually outlawed in some jurisdictions. |
JME (68.128.154.44)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 10:46 am: | |
The brake system that spawned the question won't release with air loss; must be a case of the old terminology being applied. Thanks, JME |
dougthebonifiedbusnut (24.218.119.24)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 9:35 pm: | |
"maxi brakes" is a trade name that mack trucks used when they introduced their version of the "spring over air brake" and im going to go out on a limb and say that mack was the first truck to use a spring over air brake |
Lin (65.184.0.189)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, July 02, 2002 - 9:55 pm: | |
I thought spring breaks was what the college kids have at Palm Beach and such. |
joe shelton (Littlewind) (67.241.228.168)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 9:25 am: | |
Lin, Thats funny!
My 4106 has Mini Max cans. I was told by the seller that they are spring breaks. Does any one know about this product? |
Jack Conrad (Jackconrad) (207.30.189.108)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 03, 2002 - 9:42 am: | |
Joe,
We installed mini-max brakes on the 4106 we owned back in the late 80's. They were a spring brake that was physically smaller than the other spring brakes. This allowed them to fit on the 4106 without any modifications. I have heard that the company has since gone out of business. Jack |