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Rebuilding Air Disc Brake Caliper vs. Buying a New Air Disc Brake Caliper
The brakes on your car, truck, trailer, bus, or specialty vehicle are an essential piece of equipment. If there’s a malfunction, there’s likely to be significant
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Air Disc Brake Calipers – The Real Costs of Selling an OEM Brand and the Headache of Cores
We recently did an analysis for a WD customer that was buying air disc brake calipers directly from several OEM brake manufacturers (Bendix, Meritor, and
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Beating Competitors in Air Disc Brakes
A few years ago, the demand for aftermarket air disc brake components did not seem to be that high. In the last couple of years, as
DANGER: Selling Brake Parts with No Brand
Now that there is generally a healthy inventory and capacity of brake parts around the world, warehouse distributors (WD’s) and truck/trailer dealers are looking to
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Dealer and Distributor Air Disc Brake Business
In 2022 and 2023, we saw a significant increase in the number of brake rotors and air disc brake calipers that DuraBrake was selling. Part of
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DuraBrake Hybrid Drum vs Competitors’ Severe Value Drum
Given the competitive nature of brake drums, one of the levers to reduce cost is to reduce the weight of the drum. It saves both
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Keeping Margins in Brake Drums, Rotors and Calipers
Now that brake and wheel-end parts are easier to come by again, we’re seeing wheel-end manufacturers, distributors, and dealers reducing margins again to capture market
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DuraBrake is Now a Premium Name in Brake Drums and Air Disc Brakes
Five years ago, we had seen DuraBrake more regularly being referred to as a “value line”. That’s not the case anymore. More recently, we’ve seen
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MAXX22T Air Disc Brake System and Parts
Hendrickson and WABCO’s MAXX22T system is a popular air disc brake system in the market because of its potential for weight savings and extended life. However,