welcome to the shop Steve, you'll find 2 of the most useful references for your truck will be the shop manual and the assembly manual ... and of course the 3rd is right here smile

yes it is spring loaded, held down by the pedal arm until depressing the brake pedal allows it to 'spring' into the energized position

and if you want to replace yours, a local parts place should have it, one make is Cole Hersee # 8487

Bill

Last edited by squeeze; 01/03/2010 7:27 AM. Reason: replacement#
Moved over to the Passing Lane

"When we tug a single thing in nature we find it attached to the rest of the world" John Muir
"When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" me
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