
U.S. Made Drums and Rotors vs Overseas Made Drums and Rotors
Most heavy-duty dealers and distributors carry both a domestic line and an imported line of drums and rotors, but what’s the difference? In our opinion, the

DuraBrake Launches Customer Portal
DuraBrake has released its new customer portal to support customer ease in ordering DuraBrake brake drums, steel-shell drums, air disc brake rotors, calipers, and brake

Come Meet DuraBrake
While travel is almost back to pre-pandemic numbers, now we are faced with other travel issues: staff shortages, weather, significant airline issues, and airport issues. If

Heavy-Duty Brake Drums and Rotors in 2023
We write primarily about brake drums and rotors because that’s the largest part of our business, but it’s probably the segment of aftermarket parts most

Our Predictions on Brake Drums
As we’ve referenced in our previous article, in the summer of 2022, it’s still challenging to get drums, but how long will this continue? What will

Current State of the Heavy-Duty Wheel-End Market
At DuraBrake, we constantly try to get a pulse of the North American wheel-end market, and it’s currently difficult to understand what is happening. While it

DuraBrake Is Now a VIPAR/Power Heavy Duty Supplier
DuraBrake has recently become a VIPAR/Power Heavy Duty supplier. While we have supplied parts intermittently to Global Parts Network, this will be the first time our

DuraBrake Ranks Highest in Customer Service, Second in Availability
DuraBrake likes to survey the industry about its performance and ways to improve as an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement. We recently sent out a survey

DuraBrake Blue™ Steel Shell Brake Drums Replacing Cast Brake Drums?
With the onset of rotors, and the uncertainties of production of Motor Wheel’s Centrifuse drum, many predicted that the steel-shell drum would soon phase out. Then