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Brakes & Air Systems

Air AND hydraulic brake service, inspection and repair for tractors, trailers and heavy equipment — the fastest job in the shop and the one that keeps you legal.

What to expect

Brakes are the work we turn around quickest, and they are the work that puts a truck out of service fastest when they are wrong. An out-of-adjustment pushrod or a leaking chamber is a roadside inspection violation before it is a safety problem, and both cost you the load.

We work on both air and hydraulic brake systems — tractors, trailers, medium-duty trucks and heavy equipment. Foundation brakes, the supply side, and the plumbing between them. If we find something while a truck is in for an inspection, you get told what it is, what it costs, and whether it can wait. We do not sell repairs customers do not need.

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What the job covers

  • ✓Air brake systems — full service, inspection and repair
  • ✓Hydraulic brake systems — medium-duty trucks and equipment
  • ✓Brake shoes, drums and linings — measured, not eyeballed
  • ✓Slack adjusters and pushrod stroke set to spec
  • ✓Brake chambers and spring brakes
  • ✓S-cams, bushings and camshaft wear
  • ✓Air compressor, governor and air dryer service
  • ✓Air lines, glad hands, valves and leak-down testing
  • ✓Hydraulic lines, master cylinders, wheel cylinders and calipers
  • ✓Brake fluid service and hydraulic system bleeding
  • ✓Wheel seals and bearings while the hub is off
  • ✓ABS fault diagnosis and repair

What we work on

Air and hydraulic brake work across the equipment the shop sees every week.

  • ✓Class 7–8 tractors, single and tandem — air brakes
  • ✓Medium-duty trucks and equipment — hydraulic brakes
  • ✓Trailers — dry van, flatbed, lowboy, tank
  • ✓Dump trucks, mixers and vocational chassis
  • ✓Construction and off-road equipment
  • ✓Diesel motorhomes on air brakes
Straight Answers

Brakes & Air Systems — common questions

How fast can you turn a brake job around?

Brakes are our quickest common job. Call the shop with your unit and axle count and we will tell you honestly where you sit in the queue — we would rather give you a real answer than book you in and hold your truck.

Can you do brakes at the same time as my BIT inspection?

Yes, and it is the sensible way to do it. The 90-day BIT inspection already requires the brakes be checked and the pushrod stroke measured, so if something is out of spec we are already under the truck with the wheels off.

My brakes passed last inspection but the truck pulls. Is that a brake problem?

It can be, and it can also be steering, suspension, or a dragging chamber on one side. Passing an inspection means nothing was out of spec on that day, not that everything is balanced. Bring it in and we will find out which it is rather than guess.

Where We Work

Brakes & Air Systems across East County and San Diego County

The shop is on Riverside Drive in Lakeside, so the tow is short from most of East County — and a short tow is real money on a truck that will not roll. We take work from across San Diego County.

LakesideBlossom ValleyEl CajonSanteeRancho San DiegoHarbison CanyonAlpineLa MesaLemon GroveSpring ValleyAllied GardensJamulRamonaPowaySan Diego

Need brakes & air systems?

Call the shop and talk to someone who works on trucks. No call centre, no runaround.

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