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Inspection Points

4.1 Safety Instructions for Service Work
and Repair Work

Observe relevant safety instructions for service work and Screw threads and tapped holes must be free
repair work on commercial vehicles, especially for jacking of lubrication and residuals of thread locking
up and securing the vehicle. products.
Use only genuine Knorr-Bremse parts.
After re-fitting a wheel according to the vehicle
manufacturer’s recommendations, ensure that there is
Before starting service work, ensure the service sufficient clearance between the tyre inflation valve, the
brake and parking brake, as well as the bus stop caliper and the wheel rim, to avoid damage to the valve
temporary hold brake, if fitted, are not applied and and the wheel.
that the vehicle cannot roll away.
After any service work:
Check the brake performance and the system
Please follow service manual instructions and adhere to behaviour on a roller dynamometer. Check function
the wear limits of the pads and the discs (see Section 5.1). and effectiveness. Bear in mind that a lower perfor-
mance can appear during the breaking-in phase of
Use only recommended tools (see Section 2.1).
the brake pads and/or the brake disc.

Tighten bolts and nuts to the prescribed torque values Observe the “Safety and Environment Guidelines”
(see Section 2.4). section on pages 5 and 6.

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