Mack recalling more than 5,000 trucks over brake defect.

Truckinginfo (5/21) reports, “Mack Trucks, is recalling 5,203 model year 2013-2014 CHU, CXU, GU, MRU, and LEU trucks manufactured July 16, 2012, through March 18 of this year that are equipped with drum brakes.” Truckinginfo notes that “a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration bulletin says the clevis pin for the brake slack adjuster may be missing a cotter pin” and that “if the cotter pin is not installed, the clevis pin may loosen and fall out causing a loss of brake function on the affected wheel.”