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When should you adjust slack adjusters?

Essential maintenance tips for heavy-duty truck slack adjusters in truck safety to ensure optimal brake performance.

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Motor Wheel rebrands Crewson automatic brake adjusters

Motor Wheel, a brand of Hendrickson, proudly announces the rebranding of its Crewson automatic brake adjuster product line under the Motor Wheel name. This change will be seamless to customers but aligns the brake adjuster products with the excellent reputation that the industry has come to expect from Motor Wheel and Hendrickson. Along with the

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Motor Wheel launches new product colors

Motor Wheel, manufacturer of CentriFuse brake drums and Crewson brake adjusters, announced the re-colorization of their CentriFuse brake drums. The blue and red colors symbolize “Made in America from day one,” the company stated. “Not all brake drums are the same, even though they may appear to be. That is why, in the production process,

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Brush up on brake drum spec’ing, maintenance basics

With all the talk of new truck technology, it’s easy to lose sight of equipment spec’ing basics. Yet, these are the daily choices that are impacting your business right now. Consider drum brakes, the foundation of many fleets’ safety system. Your brake drum selection can impact everything from brake fade to tire wear, both safety

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