Everybody worries about getting a ticket for having badly adjusted brakes, but a ticket would be preferable to the other possible outcome. While equipment defects are a cause in only a small ...

Hey, what kind of disc brakes will work on my '27 T Tudor?" Or, ''I got this here T-bucket and it don't seem to stop so good." Or, "My buddy told me that late-model disc brakes need to be whammied ...

Bryon Stoll, who co-owns Suprise Trucking with his wife, Holly, got a bit of a rude awakening recently when two owner-operators leased to the fleet received two separate brake violations written at ...

The experts at Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC recognize that proper brake stroke adjustment and maintenance are critical to commercial vehicle and roadway safety. As part of its newly released ...

Some brake violations are easy to understand. Brake adjustment can be confirmed by marking and measuring a push rod. Others can be baffling. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake ...

A. This is a so-called cam-operated drum/shoe brake design. The amount of shoe pressure against the inside of the drum is a function of cam rotation; more rotation, more pressure. This type of ...

Kansas Highway Patrol trooper and Public Information Officer Nick Wright wrote in after hearing my podcast discussion with Andy Blair, a compliance safety consultant and former inspector himself, that ...

If you are towing a trailer weighing more than 1,650 pounds (750kg), it is likely a braked trailer. These heavier trailers, often with two or more axles, have their own electric brakes, which are ...