Brake installation measurement and verification system

A pushrod measurement and verification system for use in determining a correct length at which to sever a pushrod extending from a brake chamber so that a slack adjuster is properly mounted between a clevis and an S-cam shaft of an air brake system, said pushrod measurement system, comprising:

• providing a measurement member having a body member that includes a lower end and an upper end opposed to said lower end, said body member having a generally planar configuration;
• wherein said body member defines at least one hole proximate said lower end of said body member that is dimensioned to receive the S-cam shaft;
• receiving the S-cam shaft through said at least one hole of said body member;
• cradling the pushrod in a cradle portion of said measurement member, said cradle portion being mounted to said upper end of said body member and having a bottom wall and a pair of side walls extending upwardly from said bottom wall and defining an open top;
• wherein said pair of side walls includes a front wall having measurement indicia thereon;
• using said measurement markings, determining a cutback length of the pushrod cradled in said cradle portion.