Brake problems don’t start at the roadside—they start in the yard with poor maintenance. One of the most overlooked pieces of a truck’s braking system is the slack adjuster. Many small fleets and ...

There’s an epidemic of ignorance out there regarding brake slack adjustment. Certainly not a new story, but one that we have to hammer at as often as we can. It just won’t go away, might even be ...

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.

Work is underway on a long-overdue TMC Recommended Practices document addressing excessive applied stroke in S-cam brakes – a problem too often incorrectly addressed by adjusting the automatic brake ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

S-cam drum brakes – the most common air foundation brakes on the road – are a familiar sight to every wheel-end technician in the North American trucking industry. As part of its Bendix Tech Tips ...

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 ...

Brake Safety Week is coming up soon, and the entire North American commercial vehicle industry knows it—so there’s no reason not to be ready. Still, last year’s Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance ...