PacBrake

[Ram4]

PacBrake problems. . Took it off for complete inspection. . butterfly somewhat warped (probably from getting hot, one time it failed to open). . called PacBrake re: parts. "Sorry, no parts available, you'll just have to replace the whole unit" ($5-600)



"I would just like rebuild it!". . "Oh no, you can't take it apart, you'll never get it back together"



Well. . we pulled out the butterfly, the shaft and seals. . and de-carbon-ed it, peened the butterfly and shaft straight, then re-assembled it.

It works, despite the factory-tech's prediction (for how-long, is questionable, considering the heat-damage). . but it really irritates me that a company such as this won't sell you repair parts, but wants to sell a new unit, instead!



When this one finally fails, you can bet that I'll be buying something OTHER than PacBrake!. . Something you can get replacement PARTS for.



Has anyone else had this experience?



Has anyone tried to buy parts for another brand of brake?

 

[carson6]

my pac brake

I melted my pac brake vac line and misdianosed it as a faulty vac cyclinder!The guy's @ pac brake( cris or greg?)sent me a new cyclinder at their cost to get me up and running. the brake work's *****en and their coustomer has been good to me! sorry about the problem's your having and hope you can work them out

 

[Joe G.]

I've got over 150K miles on my Pac Brake. The only problem I've had was that the vacuum valve stuck. That was exciting because of the huge cloud of black smoke. I didn't know what was wrong so I took the brake apart to clean it. No problem putting it back together. Then I cleaned the vacuum valve. It had just enuff carbon to make the little piston stick. That was something like 20K miles ago. Still working great. I use it all the time.

 

[Bob Wagner]

Ram4, Bill Kondolay has alot of experience with PacBrake.



I bet if you give Bill a call 1-866-504-4002 he could give you some great advice