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Figure 3-48.-Air-over-hydraulic power cylinder.

NOTE: More information about the air brake

system is in the chapter covering tractor and trailer
operations.

AIR-OVER-HYDRAULIC BRAKE SYSTEM

Figure 3-46.—Hand brake valve. An air-over-hydraulic brake system is shown in

trailer brakes without applying the truck or tractor
brakes. The hand brake valve or independent trailer
control valve, as shown in figures 3-44 and 3-46,
provides the operator control of the trailing load at all
times.
figure 3-47. This system combines the use of
compressed air and hydraulic pressure for brake
operation. The air-over-hydraulic brake system has an
air-over-hydraulic power cylinder (fig. 3-48) that
contains an air cylinder and a hydraulic cylinder in
tandem. Each cylinder is fitted with a piston and a
common rod. The air piston is of greater diameter than
the hydraulic piston. This difference in the two pistons
 Figure 3-47.-Typical air-over-hydraulic brake system.

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