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BC Transit – Air Brake Course

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Combination Truck and Trailer with Spring <strong>Brake</strong>s (continued)<br />

The tractor and trailer of this unit are equipped with spring brakes. When the trailer supply valve is<br />

opened, air flows through the tractor protection valve and on to the “spring brake valve” on the<br />

trailer. Note: there is no emergency relay valve. When a brake application is made, air flows to the<br />

tractor protection valve, is relayed to the service line, arriving at the trailer relay valve which delivers<br />

the required application to the trailer brakes from the trailer reservoirs.<br />

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