Mack Rd600. Published by Transport Canada as 1988098 on 11 July 1988. System: Steering.
What the notice says Vehicles equipped with a sheppard 392s master steering gear and 292 slave gear, 20,000 pound front axle, and a 34.5 inch spring centre can experience compression of the front springs to an extent that would cause an interference with the 90 degree crossover fittings on the bottom of the gears. if one of the fittings …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1988098
- Recall date
- 11 July 1988
- Make
- Mack
- Models
- Rd600
- Model years
- 1987 to 1988
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Steering
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 28
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A SHEPPARD 392S MASTER STEERING GEAR AND 292 SLAVE GEAR, 20,000 POUND FRONT AXLE, AND A 34.5 INCH SPRING CENTRE CAN EXPERIENCE COMPRESSION OF THE FRONT SPRINGS TO AN EXTENT THAT WOULD CAUSE AN INTERFERENCE WITH THE 90 DEGREE CROSSOVER FITTINGS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE GEARS. IF ONE OF THE FITTINGS WERE TO BREAK, LOSS OF HYDRAULIC FLUID WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF POWER STEERING WITH POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AND A VEHICLE CRASH.
CORRECTION: EXISTING CENTRE PORT STEERING GEAR CYLINDER HEADS WILL BE REPLACED WITH NEW SIDE PORT CYLINDER HEADS IN ADDITION TO THE INSTALLATION OF THICKER BUMPER STOPS TO ELIMINATE SPRING GEAR CONTACT.
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The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 1988098.
Mack elsewhere in this register
Mack is named on 334 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1988116 · 5 August 1988 · Midliner · Steering
- 1988117 · 5 August 1988 · RM, Rd, DMM · Steering
- 1988118 · 5 August 1988 · DMC, Ra, MC · Brakes
- 1988076 · 2 June 1988 · R, Rd, DMM · Powertrain
- 1988130 · 19 September 1988 · C.o.e., Midliner, Conventional · Seats And Restraints
- 1988131 · 20 September 1988 · MH · Seats And Restraints
- 1988059 · 19 April 1988 · Mr · Seats And Restraints
- 1988060 · 19 April 1988 · RM · Steering
The same system: Steering
582 notices in this register name Steering. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1988115 · 5 August 1988 · Conventional · Steering
- 1988116 · 5 August 1988 · Midliner · Steering
- 1988117 · 5 August 1988 · RM, Rd, DMM · Steering
- 1988120 · 17 August 1988 · Conventional, Flc11264, FLC112 · Steering
- 1988121 · 18 August 1988 · C.o.e., Conventional · Steering
- 1988122 · 19 August 1988 · Conventional · Steering
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What the words on this notice mean — the system it is filed under, and what the filing type says about who found the fault.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Mack: 334 in the register, and 174 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1988.
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