Usually you will find that trucks have a brake caliper for every wheel that has disc brakes. Brake calipers are only intent to be used with the brakes that have a disc brake. When it comes to drum brakes it is completely different world and entire system is designed and works a bit different compared to disc brakes and calipers.
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Brake calipers present the one of the most important part of the truck brake system so you need to pay attention to this and make sure they are working properly and you are not compromising safety and safety rating of your trucking company.
There is few signals how you can notice that there is something wrong with your truck brake calipers and I will describe each one of them si that you can be 100% sure when one of these signals shows up what is it about:
Signals That Brake Calipers Need Inspection
1. Weird Noise from Brakes
Usually the first messenger that something is going wrong is the weird noise you can notice while pressing the brake pedal and start braking. Pay attention to the noise you hear is something unusual you can hear. Turn off the radio and drive slowly to see what is the noise you can hear.
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If it is something coming from the wheels you can be well certain that something is wrong with brake calipers. Don’t just panic there is few possible reasons why this is happening but it would be a good idea to try and test it a few times.
