Glad hands replacement

[Reworked LMTV]

Do replacement glad hands handles have to have the valve on them? My valve leaks.

 

[simp5782]

No. Most of us on the 939s just use 1/2" shut off valves for water pipes from the home depot or other places that sell them. Glandhands are just 1/2" pipe screw on fittings.

 

[NDT]

What is a "glad hand handle" on a FMTV? Simp assumed you were talking about a shut off valve.

 

[Reworked LMTV]

What is a "glad hand handle" on a FMTV? Simp assumed you were talking about a shut off valve.

The handle attached to a chain.

 

[NDT]

The handle attached to a chain.

That is the dummy coupling and if air is coming out of it, you have air brake problems, which have been discussed extensively on Steelsoldiers.

 

[Ronmar]

The front ones are vented because the front lines feed into 2 way check valves on the service line and a regular check and a 2way check on the emergency line. If you have noticeable air leaking out at the front gladhand vents, you need to track down which valve is leaking back and fix it... If those are leaking and the gladhands get capped, air pressure will build up in those lines and it can hold a 2 way check in the wrong position which can interfere with normal brake operation...