Product description

Automatic slack adjusters react to, and adjust for, variations in brake shoe-to-drum clearance and maintain the proper amount of space between the shoe and drum, ensuring that this clearance is always constant at the time of braking.

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Reason the product is recalled

In certain cases during the casting stage of manufacture, non-conformance occurred in the slack adjuster housing, resulting in a flow notch in the “handle” portion that reduced the effective cross sectional area and structural integrity.

The hazards to consumers

A manufacturing non-conformance in the slack adjuster housing could cause the housing to break at the handle under normal operating loads. This could cause the vehicle to have reduced and/or uneven braking capacity, resulting in the vehicle veering off the road and causing property damage, injury or death.

What consumers should do

Consumers will be contacted directly by letter and email from Gunite offering a FREE replacement unit.

For more information contact PBR Automotive Aftermarket on 03 9575 2200.

Details to help identify the product

Supplier running the recall

Who sold the product

PBR Automotive Aftermarket,
264 E. Boundary Road,
E. Bentleigh, Victoria

Identifying product features

900AS1054 900AS1059

Identifying numbers

Other identifying numbers

900AS1054
900AS1059

Dates available for sale

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Responsible regulators

Regulators are established or appointed by government. They enforce regulations and rules.

Quote PRA number 2011/12470 when contacting a regulator about this recall.

Recall and remedy questions

Contact the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission if you have:

  • a question about the remedy being offered to you by the business that is responsible for managing this recall, or
  • concerns about the way the business is managing this recall.