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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. eavy-duty components maker ArvinMeritor Inc. said Tuesday it has entered into a joint venture with Chinese company First Auto Works to produce commercial ...

The experts at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC recognize that proper brake stroke adjustment and maintenance are critical to commercial vehicle and roadway safety. As part of its newly released ...

Common brake defects included having 20% or more of the brakes on the truck stroking beyond their adjustment limit and contaminated brake linings. Commercial vehicle inspectors put 570 commercial ...

Automatic brake adjusters don’t need a lot of attention, but they certainly don’t fall in the set-it-and-forget-it category. Periodic inspection and lubrication are critical to optimal performance.

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 ...

While there is still some braking capability left at the end of the legal stroke length, it’s outside the safety margin built into CVSA brake-stroke measurements. Brake safety is a big deal and always ...

Meritor has named Joe Plomin vice president, global brakes, commercial truck, effective 1 June, heading the company’s Americas and European brake business. He will also provide strategic direction for ...

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One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...