Brake canister

Today I changed a brake canister. I have changed them many times before but today things didn't go too smoothly. Leanred a lot tho. 

Here is the old brake canister it was leaking air but the spring was not broken. 

I took the top line off first from the valve. So I could just swivel the bottom line off. 

Then later I forgot to take a picture of the new brake canister because I got really busy. I installed the new canister really easy. I use a breaker bar to hold the canister in place with my thigh then put the ring on and bolt it in place but I don't tighten it down all the way. After the can is in place I hammer around aka clocking the canister then tighten the clamps down. 

But what I did not notice til later was that the emergency line was rubbing against the frame of the truck. So six hours later I brought the truck back to the shop and attempted to turn the canister by just unscrewed the bolts a little bit. Because I was just turning the canister a little bit I didn't apply the brakes and back off the slacks. That was a bad idea as I lossend the bolts a little bit the spring pushed the canister and my hand was in front. It shoot away and my hand didn't stand a chance it got all swollen and hurts a lot. Lesson learned, no matter how much of a hurry you are in don't take short cuts. The truck had to go to work at 4 and when i brought the truck into the shop it was 3:45, I didn't think it through and thought I could get away by just lossing the bolts. Not a good idea. It could have been a lot worse could have been my head or face instead of my hand. Got lucky. And boss wasn't around hahaha. All in all a good week leanred a lot saftey first. 

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