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2016年4月4日 · Johnny bar is used to check if you have air to the rear trailer when pulling sets and triples. If you open the valve on the last trailer air comes out. No air means no brakes.
What is the Johnny bar for? - TruckersReport
2016年4月4日 · Johnny arm, it operates the trailer brakes and only the trailer brakes independently from the tractor. I've heard of guys using it for things other than the three things it is absolutely needed. 1) pulling it during pre-trip to make sure brake lights work. 2) pulling pre-trip to verify that trailer brakes are functioning.
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2012年8月29日 · Get to weaving, pull the johnny bar to straighten them out. Use it to check hookup also, or to help move a 5th wheel plate when hooked up. Other than that I have no clue.
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2005年7月20日 · Could someone tell what a Johnson Bar is and what it does on Steam Engines? Watching some old videos and they kept referring to a Johnson Bar but I never got what it does. Thanks! It is also called the reverser - it controls the timing of steam being admitted into the cylinders by adjusting an eccentric on the valve gear.
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2019年2月28日 · Used to have some pretty worn tandem pins on RR trailers. We used to bang on them with a hammer or would have to "center" the pins in the holes by pulling the johnny bar and move just an inch to take the pressure off the pins..
Johnson bar (vehicle) - Wikipedia
A Johnson bar activated parking/emergency brake on a 1930s White transit bus. Johnson bar is the term for several different hand-operated levers used in vehicles. Their distinguishing feature is a positive latch, typically spring-loaded, to hold the lever in a selected position, capable of being operated with one hand.
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2017年1月28日 · The trailer service brake control lever ("johnny bar" in trucker lingo) has many uses. Most all of the examples given so far are true. The lever is used to control the service brakes not the emergency brake (also referred to as parking or spring brake system) on the trailer.
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2022年12月10日 · Pulling on the “Johnny bar” to straighten out a trailer doesn’t really work for two reasons. The first is that it tends to lock up the wheels, extremely difficult to pull it just enough to lightly brake - no feedback through the lever like there is on a brake pedal. The second is that it tends to lock up the wheels.
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2011年11月26日 · On a typical steam locomotive, the reverser lever or "Johnson Bar" (above) controls the action of the valve gear that regulates direction of travel and valve timing. Railroads, in an effort to save money on fuel, instructed engineers to use a Johnson Bar position commonly called the "Company Notch".
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5 天之前 · The Johnson Bar is essentially the transmission of the steamer. It controls the direction of travel, forward, reverse, neutral, and also can be positioned for the " company notch". That would be the position on the quadrant that matches the transmission's output to the load, the length and weight of the train.