Air Brake Leak
This evening after filling the propane tank at Tractor Supply , when I released the air brake to leave, a hissing immediately began. It turned out that one of the valves on the back of the parking brake was leaking air. I attached a picture below. Air was hissing out of each of the three wire holes - and when I removed the wire harness, air gushed out of the remaining fixture.
No air loss when the brake was engaged, only when released. Was able to make it home - PSI on dash was fine, but leveling warning ding and dash display would come and go periodically during the drive. Tried to engage the leveling system after parking and putting on the parking brake, but despite the system display appearing normal, no noticeable changes occurred.
1) Does anybody know the name of exactly what I'm pointing at in the picture? I looked at Barry Beam's part listing for the 2003, and there are about 7 different air brake valve types listed.
2) What's the next step - do I replace the entire fixture or is there a specific component that often fails? Do I need to order it from foretravel?
3) Is it possible that this is the result of how I chose to child-proof and cat-proof the parking brake, using a few small wire organizer clips? (See picture below). If I over tighten these clips, the brake is pulled out slightly farther than it would normally be at rest while in park. I've only been using this method for 3 weeks.
Topic: Air Brake Leak