﻿GET_GEVOMechL2_07_01_01_41 - STEP-BY-STEP Screen
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Typical steps to adjust the brake system are as follows:

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<b>Note: </b>Ensure that the locomotive is on a straight, flat track before any adjustment or replacement is made.

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1. Chock at least two sets of truck wheels to prevent the locomotive from rolling in either direction.

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2. Release the hand brake, if set, and allow time for the truck wheels to seat against the wheel chocks.

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<b>Warning: </b>Ensure that the truck wheels are chocked and then release the hand brake before cutting out the brake cylinder air. 

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Also, cut out the air to only one truck at a time.

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Unexpected motion can occur if the wheels are not chocked, or if the hand brake is set when the brake air is released, or if the air is cut off to both trucks at the same time. 

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Unexpected rolling of the locomotive can cause serious personal injuries or death.

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3. With the locomotive secure, locate and close the truck air cut-out cock on the underside of the locomotive frame.

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<b>Note: </b>Close only the truck cut-out cock for the truck being worked on and exhaust air from the brake cylinders of that truck.

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If necessary, push the brake-cylinder piston rods back into the air brake cylinders.

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4. To adjust the brake system, lift and rotate the pin retainer and remove the slack adjuster pin.

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<b>Warning: </b>Do not set the slack adjuster pin in the fully extended position as doing so may cause the slack adjuster to buckle and the brake to fail.

