BRAKING NEWS®
Braking News®: Insights for the Heavy-Duty Parts Business
Product updates, market trends, technical tips, and business insights for dealers, distributors, and shops in the heavy-duty brake market.
Product updates, market trends, technical tips, and business insights for dealers, distributors, and shops in the heavy-duty brake market.
DuraBrake has recently become an HDA TruckPride supplier. While we have supplied HDA’s Commercial Vehicle Logistics with rotors and many HDA TruckPride WD’s for many years, ... Read more
As we saw our standard cast brake drum (our part number16792X) price increase by approximately 100% over the year, we wondered how much higher it could ... Read more
The caliper is the heart of an air disc brake system and it is important that it is designed and made to effectively stop your ... Read more
If you have been following the news, you’ll know that there is a worldwide supply chain issue that is wreaking havoc on every sector. The ... Read more
In our last newsletter, we published about the cause of supply issues on a national scale and more specifically with heavy duty aftermarket parts, brake ... Read more
Electric Trucks Are Coming. What Does that Mean for Brakes? If you own an electric car, you probably know that much of the braking is ... Read more
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Fall issue 2020 Seeing a black cloud of smoke emanating from the bottom of a tractor-trailer? You might think the tires have caught on fire. ... Read more