Driver Licensing > Air Brake Manual
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The Air Brake Manual (3.8 Mb) is provided in both its entirety and broken into sections as outlined below:
Air Brake Manual - Complete (2.3 Mb)
Front Cover (184 kb)
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1: Air Brake Endorsement (211 kb)
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2: Air Brake System Schematic (161 kB)
Table of Contents (84 kb)
- Making Appointments for Tests
- Driving Testing Centres
- Driver Testing Policy
Section 1—Brakes and Braking (245 kb)
- Heat–Energy–Traction–Friction
- Speed–Weight–Distance
- Braking Force
- Use of Air Pressure
- Leverage and Air Pressure
- Stopping Distance
- Section Summary Questions
Section 2—The Components of an Air Brake System (774 kb)
- The Components of an Air Brake System
- Compressor and Governor
- Reservoirs
- Air Dryer
- Safety Valve
- Foot Valve
- Brake Chambers, Slack Adjusters and Brake Lining
- Wedge Brakes
- Disc Brakes
- Air–Over–Hydraulic Brake Systems
- Air–Actuated–Hydraulic Brake System
- Air–Boost–Hydraulic Brake System
- Section Summary Questions
Section 3—How the Basic System Works (327 kb)
- Basic Air Brake System
- One–way Check Valve
- Air Pressure Gauge
- Brake Application Gauge
- Low Pressure Warning Device
- Stop Light Switch
- Quick Release Valve
- Relay Valve
- Manual Front Brake Limiting Valve
- Automatic Front Brake Limiting Valve
- Tandem Rear Axles
- Section Summary Questions
Section 4—Spring Parking Brakes (383 kb)
- Spring Parking Brake Systems
- Using a Spring Parking Brake
- Mechanical Release (Caging)
- Section Summary Questions
Section 5—Trailer System (1.3 Mb)
- Glad Hands
- Application Line
- Trailer Brake Hand Valve
- Two–way Check Valves
- Tractor Protection System
- Tractor Protection Valve
- Trailer Supply Valve
- Automatic Trailer Supply Valve System
- Tractor and Trailer Coupled
- Charging the Trailer System
- Foot or Hand Valve Brake Application
- Emergency Application
- Supply (Emergency) Line Rupture
- Control (Service) Line Rupture
- Loss of Reservoir Air Pressure
- Manual Trailer Supply Valve
- Trailer Spring Parking Brakes
- Section Summary Questions
Section 6—Dual Air Brake System (354 kb)
- Basic Dual Air Brake System
- Dual Air Brake System with Spring Parking Brakes
- Spring Parking Brakes with Modulator Valve
- Combination Tractor and Trailer with Spring Parking Brakes
- Section Summary Questions
Section 7—Electronic Controlled Braking and Traction Systems (143 kb)
- Anti–lock Brake System (ABS)
- Automatic Traction Control (ATC)
- Section Summary Questions
Section 8—Brake Adjustment and In–Service Check (643 kb)
- Brake Adjustment
- Brake Adjustment—It’s Critical
- Brake Adjustment—It’s the Law
- Definition
- Checking and Adjusting S–Cam Brakes —Manual Slack Adjusters
- Pry Method of Free Stroke Measurement
- Applied Stroke Method (service brake applications)
- Brake Adjustment Indicators
- Brake Adjustment—Manual Slack Adjuster
- Adjustment
- Adjusting S–Cam Brakes with Automatic Slack Adjusters Why—When—How
- Emergency Manual Brake Adjustment— Automatic Slack Adjusters
- Disc Brake Adjustment
- Wedge Brake Adjustment
- After a Brake Adjustment
- In-Service Checks
- Maintenance and Servicing of the Air Brake System
- Air Brake Adjustment Myths
- Section Summary Questions
Section 9—Pre–Trip and Post–Trip Air Brake Inspection (185 kb)
- Vehicle Inspection
- Air Brake Practical Test
- Pre–Trip Inspection—Combination Unit
- Brake Adjustment—Combination Unit
- Post–Trip Inspection—Combination Unit
- Pre–Trip Inspection—Single Unit
- Brake Adjustment—Single Unit
- Post–Trip Inspection—Single Unit
- Pre–Trip Inspection Air–Over–Hydraulic (Air Actuated) Brake System
- Post–Trip Inspection Air–Over–Hydraulic (Air Actuated) Brake System
- Section Summary Questions
Organ and Tissue Donation (73 kb)
Metric Conversion Table (46 kb)
Back Cover (35 kb)
