Ever wondered how truck brake drums are made? In this video, we take you inside a local factory to uncover the complete manufacturing process behind one of the most critical components of a truck’s ...

Large vehicles like semitrucks and buses use air brakes to bring them to a halt. Here is why they use air brakes and how they work.

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.

We have heard reports of shorter-than-expected steer-axle brake drum life and of noisy, chattering brakes on trucks equipped to meet the shorter stopping distance requirements that went into ...

While drum brakes have been enlarged and strengthened to meet stricter federal stopping distance requirements and are currently used on 90% of heavy trucks, discs are gaining in popularity.

The larger amount of work for brake systems to perform that Jurchaks refers to stems from the regulations NHTSA put in place in 2011 that mandate shorter stopping distances for heavy trucks.

In terms of standard braking systems, many heavy trucks use air brakes. The wheel hub assembly of a semi includes components like a brake drum, and connection to the axel.

That 9,000-pound trailer, relying on its factory electric drum brakes, extended the unladen truck's panic-stopping distance by 43 feet.

Chrysler is recalling certain 2017-2018 Ram 2500 and 3500 pickups, and Ram 3500, 4500, and 5500 Cab Chassis trucks due to the risk of an antilock brake (ABS), electronic stability control (ESC ...

Over the past 45 years I've performed brake jobs on everything from race cars to heavy-duty pickup trucks and motorcycles. While changing the brake shoes on a vehicle with drum brakes is more ...

Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, is recalling more than 300,000 Ram Heavy Duty pickup trucks because a faulty part could cause certain braking and tracking systems to fail. The ...

U.S. safety agency to require automatic emergency braking on heavy trucks and buses Federal regulators will require automatic braking technology on cars and trucks.