Here's an issue that I ran across over the past weekend. The bracket that holds the accumulator for my retarder equipped transmission broke again. As provided on my coach (1999 chassis) this is a 1/4" plate. It had broken before and was welded as a repair. The local DD/Allison shop says that there is a tremendous amount of torque generated through this valve when the retarder is actuated, the plate flexes causing failure. I have it off again and will be fabricating a replacement from 1/2" stock.


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