The following was published in CCJ's Air Brake Book, 11th edition, sponsored by Silverback HD. CCJ's Air Brake Book is a complementary industry resource, courtesy of our partnership with Silverback HD ...

Maintenance and repair of brakes has always been a vital, and sometimes overlooked, part of a heavy-duty PM program. Today, it's more important than ever, as new de-icers cause rust-jacking of brake ...

Ken-Tool has announced three tools for adjusting drum air brake linkage to remove slack on trucks and trailers. The tools are made to fit Bendix, Haldex and Meritor air braking systems – one for each ...

Ken-Tool has announced three new tools to make the task of adjusting drum air brake linkage to remove dangerous slack on trucks and trailers an easier task. The tools, made in the U.S.A., fit Bendix, ...

The National Transportation Safety Board recommendations to brake equipment suppliers have long emphasized caution about manual adjustments for pushrod stroke when automatic slack adjusters [ASAs] are ...

With the development of automatic slack adjusters (ASAs) has come the misconception that if you install an ASA on your brake system, the stroke will be accurate from then on. But things are never ...

Fifteen. As in 1 – 5. That’s how many truck drivers — out of 4055 polled — aced a continent-wide survey designed to find out how much they knew about brake adjustment. The survey, obtained by Today’s ...

From the Today’s Trucking April 2000 issue. Auto slacks and long-stroke chambers and a bunch of other brake bits seem to attract a lot of misinformation. So with the help of ArvinMeritor’s brake ...

ArvinMeritor calls its automatic slack adjusters the lightest weight on the market. The adjuster has a pressed-in and sealed actuator boot for maximum durability, threaded grease fittings for easy ...

Air brakes have a long history of reliable performance in the medium- and heavy-duty truck markets, yet these systems cannot be ignored without costly consequences. A good inspection process and ...

When calculated by the minute, the rates that some mobile service people charge to adjust truck brakes would make many celebrity attorneys blush. Surprisingly, though, the fees – ranging from $75 to ...