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We Now Offer Air Disc Brake Calipers

We Now Offer Air Disc Brake Calipers

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Air disc brakes are steadily increasing in popularity in the heavy-duty industry and due to the high-temperatures, it’s relatively common to see component failures in the air disc brake caliper.  Traditionally, most truck-owners try to buy rebuilt calipers or have them rebuilt with rebuild kits which include new seals, tappets, boots, guide pins and other…

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Brake Drum Chaos

Brake Drum Chaos

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As many of you have probably noticed, there is a lot of movement in availability and pricing in heavy-duty truck parts and it might not get better for a while…. This article is more specific to brake parts (and more especially brake drums and rotors) because that is what we know, but we think that…

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COVID-19 Effect on Trucking (Fall 2020)

COVID-19 Effect on Trucking (Fall 2020)

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There are signs that trucking market continues to perform at a level higher than the overall economy.  Perhaps because the shopping that consumers have been doing throughout the COVID-19 crisis has been mostly about products/goods and supplies rather than service and travel-oriented spending, keeping the trucking industry quite busy. This period of volume growth for the…

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Summer 2020 Heavy Duty Industry Update

Summer 2020 Heavy Duty Industry Update

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After 3 disappointing months, we can take a small sigh of relief in seeing the volume of North American Class 8 orders increase.  In June, the second highest numbers were reached this year.  No one can say if this is the beginning of a consistent trend or rebound, but for now it’s positive.  Preliminary net orders jumped just…

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Stemco Exits the Brake Drum Market

Stemco Exits the Brake Drum Market

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In a recent turn of events, Stemco has announced that they have made the difficult decision to depart from the brake products segment in addition to halting production of the Motor Wheel brake drums and Crewson brake adjuster product line at the end of July.   Stemco is making these changes in order to focus efforts and…

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