Western Star 4800. Published by Transport Canada as 1996122 on 6 August 1996. System: Brakes.
What the notice says Note: certain trucks equipped with Westport WS-16 front axles with Eaton ES 16.5 X 5 or 16.5 X 6 brakes. In these combinations the front brake return spring contacts the hub after about 20% wear of the brake shoes. Further wear of the brake material will lead to wear of the return spring and the spring may eventually …
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Western Star 4800 in the other registers
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The American register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 1996122
- Recall date
- 6 August 1996
- Make
- Western Star
- Models
- 4800
- Model years
- 1988 to 1996
- Vehicle class
- Truck - Med. & H.D.
- System
- Brakes
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 206
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Note: certain trucks equipped with Westport WS-16 front axles with Eaton ES 16.5 X 5 or 16.5 X 6 brakes. In these combinations the front brake return spring contacts the hub after about 20% wear of the brake shoes. Further wear of the brake material will lead to wear of the return spring and the spring may eventually fail prematurely. Pieces of the failed spring may then lodge in the brake cam causing either the affected brake to stay applied when the other brakes have been released, or stopping the affected brake from applying when the other brakes are applied. Either of these scenarios may cause the vehicle to be pulled in a lateral direction off the road or into on-coming traffic. Correction: Front brakes will be modified by installing horse collar/double return spring kits.
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Western Star elsewhere in this register
Western Star is named on 210 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 1996125 · 23 August 1996 · Conventional · Suspension
- 1996091 · 18 June 1996 · 4800 · Electrical
- 1996051 · 26 March 1996 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1996021 · 2 February 1996 · Conventional · Engine
- 1996020 · 31 January 1996 · Conventional · Structure
- 1997092 · 28 April 1997 · 5800, 4800 · Steering
- 1995135 · 20 July 1995 · Conventional · Brakes
- 1997157 · 15 September 1997 · 4800 · Brakes
The same system: Brakes
791 notices in this register name Brakes. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 1996123 · 6 August 1996 · Rx-7 · Brakes
- 1996114 · 17 July 1996 · Topkick 4500, Topkick 5500 · Brakes
- 1996115 · 17 July 1996 · Super Glide (fx), Dyna Low Rider (fxdl), Dyna Wide Glide (fxdwg) · Brakes
- 1996101 · 11 July 1996 · Lumina Car, Monte Carlo · Brakes
- 1996102 · 11 July 1996 · Sebring · Brakes
- 1996202 · 17 December 1996 · TC/2000 Non-School Bus, TC/2000 School Bus · Brakes
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This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Western Star: 210 in the register, and 209 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 1996.
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