bryan_machine
Diamond
- Joined
- Jun 16, 2006
- Location
- Near Seattle
Forklift is a toyota 8K boxcar special. Seems to work fine. Sometimes, especially when backing down ramp in the cold, the brakes will squeek. In general, they are quiet.
It seems to stop fine for a 13K vehicle with braking on only 1 axle.
The last maintence visit (before the pandemic) was on a very cold day, and the tech seemed to think it needed an elaborate brake inspection and cleaning, and then maybe or maybe not pads.
For modern disk brakes on cars and bikes you can measure the pad, measure the rotor. And if the pads are gone there will be grinding noise.
How do you tell when a forklift needs a brake job?
It seems to stop fine for a 13K vehicle with braking on only 1 axle.
The last maintence visit (before the pandemic) was on a very cold day, and the tech seemed to think it needed an elaborate brake inspection and cleaning, and then maybe or maybe not pads.
For modern disk brakes on cars and bikes you can measure the pad, measure the rotor. And if the pads are gone there will be grinding noise.
How do you tell when a forklift needs a brake job?