BENDIX BW2979 Dépliant
Preventative Maintenance – As Easy As 1-2-3
Adhering to a preventative maintenance schedule is crucial to keeping your vehicle’s air
system clean and ensuring superior performance of all components that utilize system
air – such as brakes, emissions equipment and automated manual transmissions.
Depending on vocation, Bendix recommends a 1, 2, or 3 year air dryer cartridge
replacement on vehicles equipped with a Bendix compressor.
system clean and ensuring superior performance of all components that utilize system
air – such as brakes, emissions equipment and automated manual transmissions.
Depending on vocation, Bendix recommends a 1, 2, or 3 year air dryer cartridge
replacement on vehicles equipped with a Bendix compressor.
For severe service applications, such as residential refuse trucks or school
buses, the air dryer cartridge should be replaced every year or 100,000 miles;
buses, the air dryer cartridge should be replaced every year or 100,000 miles;
For pick-up and delivery operations, or for double- and triple-trailer line
haul trucks, every two years or 200,000 miles is the recommendation; and
haul trucks, every two years or 200,000 miles is the recommendation; and
Line-haul operations using a single trailer should swap the filter out
every 3 years or 300,000 miles.
More frequent intervals may be required depending on a vehicle’s age, its compressor
condition, use of a non-Bendix compressor, the operating environment, the vehicle’s
vocation, and its usage.
condition, use of a non-Bendix compressor, the operating environment, the vehicle’s
vocation, and its usage.
In conjunction with these guidelines, your fleet can determine the functionality of your
filters by checking for moisture in the air brake system monthly. If moisture is present,
the air dryer cartridge may require replacement. Refer to the Bendix Service Data Sheet
of the specific air dryer for additional information. (Recommended intervals for trucks
equipped with non-Bendix compressors are 6 months (50,000 miles); 1 year (100,000
miles); and 2 years (200,000 miles), respectively). IMPORTANT! When servicing, note
that standard Bendix
filters by checking for moisture in the air brake system monthly. If moisture is present,
the air dryer cartridge may require replacement. Refer to the Bendix Service Data Sheet
of the specific air dryer for additional information. (Recommended intervals for trucks
equipped with non-Bendix compressors are 6 months (50,000 miles); 1 year (100,000
miles); and 2 years (200,000 miles), respectively). IMPORTANT! When servicing, note
that standard Bendix
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air dryers or air dryer cartridges may be serviced with
PuraGuard oil coalescing air dryers or cartridges, however, PuraGuard oil coalescing air
dryers or cartridges MUST only be serviced with like replacements.
dryers or cartridges MUST only be serviced with like replacements.
Bendix
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Air Dryer
To learn more, talk to your Freightliner dealer representative,
call 1-800-AIR-BRAKE (1-800-247-2725) or visit www.Bendix.com today.
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC • 901 Cleveland Street • Elyria, Ohio 44035 • www.bendix.com • 1-800-247-2725
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Air Dryer.
Advanced Technology for Freightliner
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Vehicles.
The performance evolution continues with the Bendix
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The Mark of Assurance.
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Oil Coalescing Technology. The Tools To Keep Your
Air Treatment System in Optimal Working Condition.
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