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I had a truck the brakes were fine I was driving it and then I only had service brakes. And it was real scary real fast. And then the spring brakes came back and I had brakes. I had good air pressure the whole time. I had previously checked the brake function and it was fine. Tm troubleshooting...

Obviously the truck worked when it was driven to be painted. And it worked when the guy left the facility. This is a mechanical failure.

If the brakes failed to stop that truck it can ONLY be due to a mechanical fault. I suggest getting the truck to a facility that can go thru it and determine what failed.

Air brakes do not just fail unless there is a defective component.

If you repeatedly mash the brake enough to drain the air down below 60 psi the spring brakes should stop the truck if there's not enough air to keep them disengaged. And that's hard to do with the lmtv dual piston air compressor. Sounds to me like the rear brakes were caged or something else...