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NHTSA recall 98V228000

Service brakes, hydraulic › Foundation components › Drum › Drum

Navistar 3800 and 2 more

Reported Sep 17, 19981,809 vehicles affectedINTERNATIONAL TRUCK AND ENGINEBuilt Jul 1, 1997 – Jul 31, 1998

The defect

Vehicle description: heavy duty trucks equipped with a 1710 drive line and a 12 x 4 hydraulic parking brake. if the brake drum or transmission yoke are not fully seated when the eight bolts are installed connecting the 3-piece joint, the bolts can loosen.

The risk

Bolts will eventually work out or shear resulting in drum and drive shaft separation.

The remedy

Dealers will inspect the torque of these bolts and re-torque to specification.

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Vehicles in this recall

Navistar 3800
19981999
Navistar 4700
19981999
Navistar 4900
19981999

Notes

Owner notification began october 9, 1998.owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact navistar at 1-800-448-7825.also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-888-dash-2-dot (1-888-327-4236).