Stemco updates warranties for wheel end products
Stemco has expanded coverage to its aftermarket and OEM warranties for its wheel end products. The company is now including labor warranty on the five-year Platinum Performance System aftermarket package (PPS+) for truck and trailer on-highway applications. Stemco says key features of the warranty update include: Labor warranty coverage up to one hour per wheel
The importance of keeping contaminants out of your truck’s wheel ends
The trick to extending the life and performance of your wheel end starts with something that is simple, but often overlooked: prevention. And while you’ve likely heard why it’s a good idea to keep contaminants away from wheel ends, you may not know exactly where those contaminants are coming from—or the damage they’re actually doing.
Stemco, OptiCat release data delivery services to customers
Stemco has announced an agreement with OptiCat, an ACES and PIES compliant software developer, to provide accurate, secure and real-time product information. With this new offering, Stemco says it can quickly and accurately deliver new or updated product attributes to customers. Stemco recently released three new products for commercial truck and trailer wheel ends, including
Hendrickson acquires Stemco’s Motor Wheel, Crewson businesses
Hendrickson recently announced the acquisition of the Motor Wheel brake drum & Crewson slack adjuster business segments, from Stemco and parent company EnPro Industries. “We are excited about this acquisition and the rich American heritage of Motor Wheel. We have been working to revitalize the Motor Wheel name with a new brand mark, a tagline
Stemco announces new president
Stemco has hired Deepak Navnith as the new president of the company. With this hiring, the previous president, Eric Vaillancourt, has been promoted to an executive operating role at EnPro Industries. Navnith previously led Fairbanks Morse, a medium-speed diesel engine OEM company. Prior to that, he spent about 10 years at Toyota in various operational
An overview of the TPMS and ATIS offerings
There is a wide variety of tire inflation technology available, both in TPMS and ATIS form. Let’s take a quick look at some of the offerings.
Hendrickson acquires slack adjuster business from Stemco
Hendrickson has acquired the Motor Wheel Brake Drum & Crewson slack adjuster business segments, based in Chattanooga, Tennessee and Berea, Kentucky, from Stemco and parent company EnPro Industries. The business segments will operate as a division of Hendrickson Truck Commercial Vehicle Systems. The Motor Wheel & Crewson names will be kept and used as a
Stemco announces TrailerTail Automatic fuel-saving system
Stemco Products Inc. has announced the TrailerTail Automatic fuel-saving system, a new version of the company’s TrailerTail (seen above) that deploys automatically when the trailer reaches 35 MPH. According to the company, this will ensure fuel savings on every trip, and removes the need for the driver to get out of the cab to open it manually.
Air disc brake maintenance tips
Over the past several years, adoption of air disc brakes (ADBs) has climbed to 18% to 25% of brakes ordered on trucks, according to brake manufacturers, who anticipate that number reaching 50% within the next decade. This means that technicians will need to be familiar with both the tried-and-true drum brakes and their disc brake
What you need to know about air disc brakes as they increase in popularity
Over the past few years, the take rate of air disc brakes (ADBs) has been steadily growing. This growth has only accelerated recently, thanks in part to the fact that many truck OEMs have made air disc brakes standard equipment. International, Kenworth and Peterbilt are among the manufacturers who now offer ADBs as standard on
Stemco partners with Webb Wheel to introduce new pre-adjusted hub assembly
Stemco, an EnPro Industries company and manufacturer of heavy-duty components and solutions for commercial vehicles, introduced the Trifecta pre-adjusted hub assembly during the 2018 Technology and Maintenance Council Annual Meeting and Transportation Technology Exhibit taking place this week in Atlanta. The new wheel end system was developed in partnership with Webb Wheel Products. The Stemco
Maintaining bearing maintenance practices
Stemco’s product manager for engineered products, Vincent Purvis, said that in addition to TMC’s RP618A, “Wheel Bearing Adjustment Procedures,” fleets should also consider proper lubrication of wheel end bearings and systems as referenced in TMC’s RP631B. He highlighted the use of Stemco’s Pro-Torq or Zip-Torq nut to ensure proper wheel end play, and recommended the
