Title: Check the quarter fenders, mud flaps, and brackets.
Course: Diesel Equipment Technology I (20107-I) > Section: Preventive Maintenance and Inspection: Servicing the Frame and Fifth Wheel

Checking should include

- brackets
- bracket mounting assemblies
- bolts.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What would be the additional advantage of mud flaps on the truck?
- Why should mud flaps be flexible?
- What is the minimum width of a mud flap?
- How does one determine the distance mud flaps on the trucks and trailers being maintained should be set to when one state requires spacing between the mud flap and the road surface be no more than 8 inches and another states requires 12 inches?