AVOID BREAKDOWNS: Inspect These 5 Truck Parts Before Hitting the Road

In this video, Brian explains to us the most common breakdowns that occur in a truck, and what you should be paying attention to before hitting the road.
By double and triple-checking these truck parts, you can ensure to repair/replace these parts before they turn into expensive roadside breakdowns. Watch to the end to hear some of Brian's own horror stories of his roadside breakdowns.
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Soundtrack:
Sun Dog - Tiger Gang
Pop Filter - Alternate Endings
Silver Lining - Brent Wood
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:32 more than 50% of roadside breakdowns are tire-related
00:42 common problem #1: misaligned axels
00:58 common problem #2: over/underinflation
02:57 normal tire lifespan: 150,000 miles
04:19 inspecting brakes
07:04 break failure is one of the most dangerous breakdowns on the road
10:30 inspecting your wires
13:03 inspecting your starter & alternator
14:33 how you wear out your starter

[@DRairborneusa]

1. Tires (Get good quality tires) 2. Brakes (Use engine brake to avoid wear on brakes) 3. Engine (Learn what mayor components are on your engine and the sounds of it) 4. Wires (Check wire connections during your daily pre-trip inspection) 5. Starter and alternator

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Great comment. Thank you!

[@c.thompson9771]

Meebee mostly on older trucks, FUEL SENDERS. Yip, ya THINK ya got a 1/2 tank .. . Sigh, at least three times, in three different truck models. It's a thingy! 😱

[@chrisnoname2725]

@@c.thompson9771 i drive a 2016 KW. Apparently they still can't make functional gauges. They're not even consistent in how they're wrong. I prefer it over euro trucks but i have no idea why they have fans.

[@jimmarchman]

Brian looks squarely into the camera and speaks with conviction. Good work on this one Brian.

[@TacticalTrucker]

When it comes to diss alignment of your axles, you can prevent that by grazing your fifth wheel, avoid driving with your differentials turned on but alsoDog legging Trailers can contribute to the axle disalignment on your drives

[@taillightsanddieselsmoke2415]

That Brian fella sure is a fountain of knowledge!!

[@thankyouJESUSkingofkings]

He is hired!

[@TacticalTrucker]

It’s important to keep your injectors clean, 16 ounces of stiction remover will do the job to keep your injectors clean, and you can use DPF cleaner for your DPF filter

[@francomtz7115]

Wow!

[@CrashRebootL3]

great tips, this guy knows what he's talking about, thx.

[@kafader1]

Great information! Thank you!! Look forward to watching past and future videos!!

[@TacticalTrucker]

Winter is the greatest test for a truck, Everything metal on the truck shrinks during the winter time, the most PMs that should be done on your truck is the middle of spring and the beginning of summer

[@lucasgillock8668]

good info, can you elaborate a little more on this?

[@geoestrada5001]

I change my oil every 30 thousand miles and in summer weather uses 15w40 but in winter weather 10w 30 ,and rather buying new tires instead recap’s,

[@beachesandhose2374]

what's a pm?

[@geoestrada5001]

@@beachesandhose2374 preventative maintenance or fixing before broken,

[@Gul_Jee]

Hey Brian, Thank you for sharing highly valuable knowledge. I greatly appreciate it

[@SinghSatnamable]

Thanks for sharing. Very informative video.

[@jamesjacobs8785]

I’ve been doing this for 35 years and you just showed me a few things!

[@michaelburig1705]

got to say your content is well thought out and accurate......been an oo for awhile and I like your st8 up approach....ive told people that want to learn more about these videos.......been in it for 25 yrs and i still pick up valuable info from these......keep up the good work!

[@LuisMartinez-xi8ne]

When it comes to breaks and everything, my number one rule ISIS that you do inspection on it, but have a professional.Does their inspection and if it needs to be fixed get him to fix it

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Yep yep! Sounds solid! =

[@frankywebon]

Thanks for sharing these tips! Appreciated!

[@brianwatland5383]

This was very informative and in depth. Thank you!

[@rout9291]

Thank you sir! Appreciate your wisdom! Be safe out there!

[@davidjalof77]

Very informative content thanks 😊

[@andrewbarnett4621]

Thanks Brian mountains of knowledge you have in your head listening to the year's of experience. 🏆🏆🏆🏅🏅🏅

[@Koala-Express]

Hoses Hoses Hoses - anything rubber. Check them all or you may blow your radiator

[@tonysuri5450]

Thanks really appreciate it. Important stuff.

[@socratesvijayarangan3929]

Thank you Brian.

[@mofozi571]

Love a video on shifting gears smoothly clutch and floating! Thanks for sharing your experience 🙏

[@jaimemota4209]

Thanks for the information

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

My pleasure

[@rajasekaranparthasarathy7522]

Very good Information Bob, Thanks, from India

[@chukwudialexemeh8923]

Thanks for sharing..

[@chuckmiskel6553]

Good vid. Im a diesel mechanic and can remember all u needed was a starter and battery to make it run. Now its insane the amount of unnecessary stuff on these new trucks. I watched the trucks go from basic and simple to impossible to work on. Im 56 and i am giving up on it after 35yrs because of this.

[@bebetter4281]

This is a very informative to all driver especially to the new drivers like me it will help us avoid from spending extreme amounts money so I would like to say your contribution to trucker is greatly appreciated. Please do about buying a truck? What are the main factors that will help us get a good deal also how to know the truck’s value.

[@colinscharschmidt5799]

Thank you very much for this info

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

Thanks for watching!

[@footalee2]

Nice video with some interesting and informative tips...viewing from Jamaica 🇯🇲 👍

[@davidsimpson6404]

Thanx Brian

[@carlosaguirre1313]

Bob Good morning Very good information , thanks for sharing. Have a nice day Regards 26 March 2021

[@jobwachira8471]

You are full of trucking wisdom Brian. Thank you.

[@misheckgithaiga8798]

Good to see my fellow country man here....

[@jobwachira8471]

@@misheckgithaiga8798 am happy to see you too bro. Hii Canada lazima tufike

[@misheckgithaiga8798]

Ngai arîho nonginya..

[@jobwachira8471]

@@misheckgithaiga8798 nî ma.

[@lawrencenjoroge5833]

great to see my country men here,we going there n do this truck business,thanks Brian for this infor,we are learning on daily basis

[@geoestrada5001]

My experience with truck’s if you want to know what’s going on with your truck you should take it to the truck dealer and they’ll let’s you know what’s happening with your truck, sometimes I do fixing myself,

[@KR4Qep]

i rarely use brakes. using the j brake is great advice. even when slowing down to exit the interstate, if no one is behind me i'll coast for a mile and if my speed hasn't dropped enough i'll engage in the engine brake. i'll use the pedal brake for coming to complete stops or tap it for maintaining speeds on downgrades while the j does most of the work over the years my main breakdown has been DEF related. in fact just had a 579 that put me in limp mode twice and constantly had a def light on that my company and peterbilt couldn't get rid of. was just shy of 500k miles so was to be expected but still.

[@nickmendoza1658]

Brian can you make an episode about costs of repairs/maintenance for different trucks and year models and which is a money pit truck, average truck and excellent truck. There are many factors like degree of abuse, neglect of equipment or just stats to determine if its time to upgrade or hold on to that truck.

[@SENSUI347]

GREAT VID THANKS 🙏 GOD BLESS..QUESTION IS IT BETTER TO GO TO A TRUCK STOP FOR SERVICE OR TRY AND FIND A LOCAL MECHANIC?

[@navisingh2237]

Can you make video on how to purchase a truck through dealer kind of like good start up plan for trucking business. Thanks

[@mbekka1]

Nice 👍🏻

[@Bruno-my9uf]

Thank you . you are a goor teacher bud ..😉

[@raystarky3896]

One big thing i have discovered when rebuilding Generators and Starters is VIBRATION. Everything has to be built and put together clean and tight. Always take time to work Good and Efficiently and stay Focused/ one mistake can cost hundreds/thousands + a Great deal of time; I love the one about rubbering wires on the frame. That is a GOOD one and have seen one battery cable exposed to the frame MELT 2 batteries and another EXPLODE! Praise God for plastic sandwich bags for insulation and Praise God again for starting a Cat 350H.P. on ONE BATTERY. NO JOKE. it just so happened i was parked over a small pool of dirty water that i used to COOL off all the Battery cables.

[@generalbubba435]

Just a point, I’ve been driving 46 years & have never had a brake failure while I’m operating the unit. Why? Because I do a comprehensive vehicle inspection before I start my trip & everyday after that until that trip is completed. That’s not to say I haven’t found something wrong before or during my trip. Mostly it’s someone else leaving me with a trailer needing repairs & either didn’t find it or didn’t report it! Pass the buck is a poor attitude! I’ve watched drivers, both owner ops & company drivers, get up in the morning open the curtains put it in gear & drive away having never once inspected their truck. Boy that’s safe!! Let’s get out there & do our jobs & keep everyone safe!!

[@erwinbrubacker7488]

I had bad turbo, before it blewup. Engine idler pulley, was crooked so I had mechanic look, he said redtag it. Loose batterycables, half recap missing on drive supersingle ,oversight on posttrip, 2 hrs wasted since I only discovered it on pretrip. Surely some more but my load is rdy.👍

[@rajanaggarwal6964]

Sir pls make a vlog on winter driving like how brakes should be used...engine brakes should use or not ...like that.

[@jvin248]

Misaligned tires and over/under inflated tires reduces your truck's fuel economy. As we've seen from other videos on this channel, fuel economy can make or break monthly driver take-home pay.

[@edwardcarberry1095]

What I did with my MD pickup when I was getting it on the road I put larger split wire loom onto places which I fingered would rub. RTV (smear it on and over the rub area) with either the good R-33 or R-88 tape or the self vocalizing tape. Then the 33 or 88 over that. Just need to have it???

[@waynez1025]

Brian, Five sets of injectors in seven years? And one alternator? You must have a freightliner.😂

[@naomedigafrivolidade]

easy and nice rules for truckers,and even car drivers

[@810Batman]

Can y'all put lik a truck playlist together, if it's not to much to ask? But going through the catalog to, but it will add views from the smart drivers!!!

[@ohioan7536]

This channel has not made play lists. I would like to see a playlist of this particular drivers videos.

[@Bader_K]

How often should I do axle alignment

[@domjohnson8723]

How do you smoke your brakes when you're bobtailing?

[@user-do4ti9wb1s]

When bobtailing your brakes are two times sensitive due to no weight

[@rajasekaranparthasarathy7522]

Soon i am going to meet you Bob

[@darrenhanson7696]

Air leaks are a big one for older trucks

[@lxxlss]

this help,ths

[@KEVINSURIEL]

How often would one get a axle alignment?

[@sonumonu6454]

I love truck Driving

[@patchrat1]

Alignment also plays an important role in fuel economy

[@michaela.5363]

This guy knows what he's talking about

[@voyteklutak4288]

You could start the engine without starter drop it in gear pop the clutch

[@michaelgrimes83]

I’ve personally NEVER had ANY luck with recaps.. I tend to run the speed limit around 5mph over most of the time, on occasion I will run harder but typically decent speed!! But I hall fairly heavy typically around 500-5,000 over. But no matter if it’s truck, trailer, dump truck, straight truck, box trailer.. witching 10-15k miles I have a blow out or 2 with recaps!!! I won’t let my boss use recaps on my truck! I flat out told him tho our recaps on and someone else can drive it!! And as far as slack adjusters… they tend to not work very well at all running in and out of the quarries with the muck!! No matter if you wash off daily or weekly or monthly!!! I typically adjust my brakes about 1 time every 2 weeks. Because while they don’t work… they do adjust a little just not as tight as they should be! And I’ve had a turbo go without warning!! Just popped and flames shot out the stacks let people know shut your key off, leave it in gear and pull over in gear and stall it into or it can run away and blow your motor’.

[@markbroad119]

But too much air= mpg. Haha I get what your saying. A good piece of chalk can let you know. Do a good stripe drive straight. Where the chalk is left will tell you

[@firstnamelastname-gf4ds]

I have bought knock off tires for over 10 years never had a problem

[@mikehernandez7462]

Hose failures and serpentine belts a...

[@mike-sk2li]

Almost impossible to over inflate your tires. Most new tires is 120psi cold. Most compressors are set for 100 maybe 110psi.

[@braddock77]

Those 100psi air compressors are for personal vehicles, truck stop and truck/bus repair shops usually ran on 3-phase air compressors which can produce 150-175psi(needed to remove lug nuts)

[@nouro7723]

If you go to the mechanic and you don't have a problem, he will make a problem for you in order to get the money

[@Hempfuelgroup]

The ware of the tire should be a concern but not covered was the MPG $ Proper inflation = max mpg = max money. 🤓

[@chrisnoname2725]

I ignore air leaks because if i don't then i'll just waste my time telling the manager who will ignore it

[@jerryblanton587]

It's those stupid censors Airflow temperature censor if your engine lite comes on and your def system won't work or go into a Regen because of a dam censor

[@stuartloggins3691]

The steering goes out on Freightliner. Its happened to me twice. Be careful or you will be killed.

[@user-cs8wp6rs3u]

I Would talk for air lines before wires.

[@scottfeltner6066]

Losing breaks will definitely cause a tight pucker....

[@Islaputingbato]

Interested to work in your company

[@rajasekaranparthasarathy7522]

I saved

[@jajajaja2624]

You always great topics and educational. Idling your for hrs just sucks the life out of your motor.

[@TacticalTrucker]

The best engine I have ever operated was the Cummins X 15

[@taillightsanddieselsmoke2415]

I think you misspoke. I think you meant to say boat anchor. 😀

[@TacticalTrucker]

@@taillightsanddieselsmoke2415 lol I take it you have a bad experience with the Cummins X 15

[@taillightsanddieselsmoke2415]

Almost everyone i know that has had an isx or newer has. It’s been a nightmare for them.

[@TacticalTrucker]

@@taillightsanddieselsmoke2415 Is it specifically the X 15

[@taillightsanddieselsmoke2415]

Yeah. All 15 litres

[@mr.fabulousmegardev6256]

video seems to abruptly end without a proper outro

[@kennethsnyder9236]

I got 350 thousand miles from the last sets of drive tires

[@gambit2129]

This guy should be a trainer 100%

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

👍👍

[@timothymitchell8413]

Talk about the spec's of the truck next time

[@BigMoney23223]

I've never heard anyone say tires win the race

[@jerryknighten8987]

👍😉

[@bhaydenca]

5 sets of injectors in 7 years!? 30 injectors ? 🤔

[@mh-bd9re]

proud of his crappy truck takes 5 sets

[@stevebaker8966]

Most problems with tires is under inflation 95%

[@Rachid-zw9eu]

5 sets of injectors that must be a Volvo......................

[@jasonbatchelor6472]

Wow I just bought a used volvo and didn't want to read this lol ,great video brother and wondering what's the problem with the injectors if you have figured it out

[@jasonbatchelor6472]

Good deal I appreciate the info very helpful

[@winginitwithjohn8451]

Why is there music playing. This video would be great, but I can't stand the music. Totally unnecessary.

[@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News]

I like it... kinda adds to the mood

[@Thomas-po3wb]

These trucking companies are putting drivers in these trucks that have never seen any tire in their lives before.