Patent ID: 8042245

Claim:
A repair kit for a slack adjuster communicating with brake pads to provide for automatic slack adjustment of vehicular brakes, the slack adjuster being of a type having a body fitting about a rotatable brake actuation shaft, the slack adjuster having a radially extending anchor tab with an orifice for receiving a stationary locator pin, the repair kit comprising: first and second plate elements, the plate elements each defining a slot having a width corresponding to a width of the locator pin, each plate element having opposable faces, at least one face including a locator element extending from the face to align the face with the anchor tab when the face is placed against the anchor tab, wherein at least one plate element is C-shaped such that the defined slot is open; and clamp elements allowing compression of the plate elements together so that their faces contact corresponding opposed faces of the anchor tab with the locator element aligning the slot with the orifice; whereby the plate elements are configured to be installed on either side of the anchor tab without removing the slack adjuster from the locator pin and when clamped onto the anchor tab receive force from the locator pin to reinforce the anchor tab.