Experience the fascinating process of turning cast iron scrap into powerful brake drums for semi trucks. From melting and molding to precision finishing, see how raw material is transformed into a ...

Semi-trucks are designed to carry heavy loads ... Instead of being placed at each of the wheels of a truck, like disc or drum brakes, a retarder is located elsewhere along a truck's drivetrain ...

At some point, your truck’s front brakes are working to their limit ... but often accelerate wear of the rotors or drums. In the case of semi-metallic pads, the metal is blended with organic ...

Many of the larger vehicles on our roads have one intriguing thing in common: They can make sudden, loud, gas-escaping hissing noises. These noises, admittedly, have made this writer jump — on ...