9999 BENDIX AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTER

SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS:AUTOMATIC

BENDIX IS RECALLING CERTAIN GUNITE AUTOMATIC SLACK ADJUSTERS MANUFACTURED FROM OCTOBER 15, 2010, THROUGH JANUARY 31, 2011, REPACKAGED AS BENDIX BRAND, PART NUMBERS 974294, 974296, 977142, AND 977143, AND SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT TO PACCAR PARTS DISTRIBUTORS. ONE SLACK ADJUSTER WAS SOLD TO A MACK DISTRIBUTOR. DUE TO AN INCOMPLETE "KNITTING" OF THE IRON AT THE TIME OF CASTING, INADEQUATE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE SLACK ADJUSTER HOUSING CAN OCCUR, WHICH COULD CAUSE THE HOUSING TO BREAK AT THE HANDLE UNDER NORMAL OPERATING LOADS.

Risk: IF THE SLACK ADJUSTER HOUSING WERE TO BREAK, THE WHEEL BRAKE TO WHICH THE SLACK ADJUSTER IS ATTACHED WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HAVE REDUCED BRAKING CAPACITY AND, IF MOUNTED ON THE STEER AXLE, THE VEHICLE COULD PULL TO ONE SIDE, POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A CRASH.