Part number for slack adjuster needed

Scott & Heather · May 13, 2019, 12:31:53 PM

Guys I'm stuck at WW Williams in Toledo needing a drive axle slack adjuster. MCI has them on backorder and I really need one yesterday. 1992 MCI 102C3

Looking for cross reference numbers Haldex or other please.

Gary Hatt - Publisher BCM · May 13, 2019, 12:36:12 PM

Try calling Mando at Complete Coachworks in Riverside, CA. He may have a shelf full of these as they strip MCI buses all the time. 951.836.4440.

Tell him I said to call and he will probably ship it out today and you will have it tomorrow.

Gary

chessie4905 · May 13, 2019, 12:46:36 PM

Call Luke.

Scott & Heather · May 13, 2019, 01:00:41 PM

On the phone with Luke. Here's the adjuster that needs replacing:

Scott & Heather · May 13, 2019, 02:06:11 PM

Luke hooked me up. Won't arrive until Thursday though so wife is driving 5 hours round trip to come and get me and our fridge and freezer contents... I hate owning an old bus.

6805eagleguy · May 13, 2019, 03:05:56 PM

Old bus?!

Scott your bus is brand new!!

And mine ('68) is still new compared to others...

How did it break? Dumb me can't tell by the pic...

Scott & Heather · May 13, 2019, 11:54:56 PM

It won't hold adjustment. Keeps backing off and not applying enough pressure to pads.

buswarrior · May 14, 2019, 07:01:23 AM

Follow the manufacturer installation procedures TO THE LETTER.

Auto slacks are routinely damaged by idiots that refuse to follow directions, and slap a wrench on them, when all that does is break the internals.

Every one, every model, every manufacturer, older, newer, are ALL DIFFERENT.

Good for you in finding it. An auto slack that won't hold adjustment points to a serious, fix it now, situation. Whether the auto slack or the failure of underlying machinery, there can be no trust that any braking will occur at that wheel location.

On principle, i'd think hard about doing the other side, they've both led the same life, at the same hands...

Happy coaching!
Buswarrior

bevans6 · May 14, 2019, 11:42:55 AM

Is that an automatic slack adjuster - I can't tell from the photo. When I first got my bus and was fanatical about checking things I discovered on a trip that the locking sleeve on the manual slack adjuster bolt was not working - had been broken when the shop replaced the brakes. On the trip, I drilled it for safety wire, which as a racing mechanic I had in the tool box. The safety wire locked the bolt and it didn't move for the rest of the trip. Luke sent me two new Bendix units as soon as I got home.

Scott & Heather · May 14, 2019, 02:57:14 PM

So I am indeed replacing both sides and it is an automatic adjuster but I'm replacing them with manual adjusters because well just because

luvrbus · May 14, 2019, 03:09:14 PM

Quote from: Scott & Heather on May 14, 2019, 02:57:14 PM
So I am indeed replacing both sides and it is an automatic adjuster but I'm replacing them with manual adjusters because well just because

LOL yea because you can buy 3 manual for the price of one automatic slack adjusters you are not fooling anyone

anything after 1993 DOT requires the automatic when in commercial use,the Bendix automatic slack adjusters have a 200,000 mile warranty for the first 150,000 mile if one fails they even pay labor to replace it

lostagain · May 14, 2019, 05:16:53 PM

I prefer manual adjusters. Simpler. Easy to adjust. You can set them with less slack than automatics. In bus nut use, you don't have to adjust them very often. You should still check them regularly though. Auto slacks were invented for hired driver's.

JC

Scott & Heather · May 15, 2019, 07:20:18 AM

Lol. Yup. Cliff is right. They want too much gold for those autos.